Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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 2, 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 (0 x 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x x 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 x x 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 x 5 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 5 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 5 5 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 5 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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 (0 x 1 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x x 1 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x x 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x 5 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 5 x 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 x 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 5 5 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 5 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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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