A7♯5 chord on 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE)

in Chicago (DGBE) tuning

○2213FGC#A
A7♯5
Dominant 7 ♯5
Notes:A · C# · F · G
mediumfret 2
Piano Left hand Right hand
AAAFGC#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
3 0 2 52 – 1 3F G C# Amedium
3 2 2 33 1 2 4F A C# Gmedium
7 6 6 34 2 3 1A C# F Ghard
5 6 6 51 2 3 1G C# F Aeasy · barre on fret 5
7 0 6 92 – 1 3A G F C#medium
7 10 8 91 4 2 3A F G C#medium
5 2 2 14 2 3 1G A C# Fhard

The A7♯5 chord (Dominant 7 ♯5) is built from the notes A, C#, F, G. Below are playable fingerings for 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE) generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the A7♯5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · ♯5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10A
34C#
♯58F
♭710G

More A chords

Other roots

See A7♯5 in another tuning

What notes make up the A7♯5 chord?

A7♯5 is a Dominant 7 ♯5 chord built from the notes A, C#, F, G.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.