Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

Bm♯5B Minor Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 7 · 2 · 5 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · F♯

How to play it

Bm♯5 fingering positions

Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3, 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 Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 7 x 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 7 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (6 x 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 11 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (18 19 x 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (18 19 18 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

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 Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 7 x 4) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 7 6 4) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (6 x 9 9) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 9 x) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 9 9) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 11 9 9) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (18 19 x 16) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (18 19 18 16) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

Sound

How Bm♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 5

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