Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

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

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 — Open (x 2 1 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 x x 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 x 0 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 x 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 0 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 x 4 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

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 — Open (x 2 1 0 x x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 0 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 x x 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 x 0 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 x 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 0 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 x 4 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How BM♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5

Same notes asB+

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