A m7#5 Chord on Octave Mandolin
Play A m7#5 on Octave Mandolin: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A m7#5 chord is a minor seventh with a raised fifth, an altered, unstable color. It is built from the notes A, C, E#, G. This page shows how to play A m7#5 on Octave Mandolin with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The G and A courses ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 10 over a 4-fret stretch. The root is the A course itself. It sounds from G2 up to E#5.
Octave Mandolin is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.