Ukulele · Baritone (DGBE)

AMA Major

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

AM fingering positions

Baritone (DGBE), 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).

A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (7 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x 14 14 12) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 0) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 x 0) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE)
Read it as tab

AM 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.

A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x 2 2 0) in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (7 6 5 5) in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x 14 14 12) in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 x) in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 0) in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 x 0) in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 x 9) in Baritone (DGBE)
A Major guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 10 9) in Baritone (DGBE)
Sound

How AM sounds

Consonance
5/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
happybrightresolved
Genres
poprockfolk
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3
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