Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

DM♭5D Major Flat 5th

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G♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · Notes E · G♯ · A♯

How to play it

DM♭5 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, 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).

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x 3 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 2 3 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 x 3 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 6 3 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 6 x 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

DM♭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.

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x 3 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 2 3 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 2 3 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 x 3 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 6 3 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 6 x 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 6 5 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 6 5 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How DM♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · ♭6

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