Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

BM♯5B Major Sharp 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 5 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯

How to play it

BM♯5 fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 x 9) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 9) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 12 9) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 11 12 9) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 12 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 12 13) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 15 16 17) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

BM♯5 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 5) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 x 9) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 9) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 12 9) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 11 12 9) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 12 x) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 12 13) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 15 16 17) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 1

Sound

How BM♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5

Same notes asB+

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