Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

FM♭5F Major Flat 5th

A♯Root
Dtone
Etone

Formula 4 · 6 · 7  ·  Notes A♯ · D · E

How to play it

FM♭5 fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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).

F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 2) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 0) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 x 0) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 7 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 7 0) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 10 9 12) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 14th position (17 14 x 14) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
Read it as tab

FM♭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.

F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 x 2) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 2) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 0) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 x 0) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 7 x) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 7 0) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 10 9 12) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 14th position (17 14 x 14) in Tenor (CGDA)
Sound

How FM♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
quirkyunstable
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E
Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 7
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