Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

G♯m6G♯ Minor 6th

ERoot

Gtone

Btone

C♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 4 · Notes E · G · B · C♯

How to play it

G♯m6 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).

G♯ Minor 6th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

G♯ Minor 6th guitar chord — 20th position (20 20 21 20) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

Read it as tab

G♯m6 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.

G♯ Minor 6th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 9 8) in Tenor (CGDA)

G♯ Minor 6th guitar tab — 20th position (20 20 21 20) in Tenor (CGDA)

Sound

How G♯m6 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bittersweetmysteriousnoir

Genres

jazzfilm scorebossa nova

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · B · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 4

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