Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

DM(add4)D Major Added 4th

ERoot
G♯tone
Atone
Btone

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

How to play it

DM(add4) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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 Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 x 4 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (x 7 7 5 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (x 7 7 7 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 x 16 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 x 17 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 15 16 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 15 17 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Read it as tab

DM(add4) 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 Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 x 4 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 3 4 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (x 7 7 5 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (x 7 7 7 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 x 16 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 x 17 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 15 16 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
D Major Added 4th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 15 17 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Sound

How DM(add4) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tensecrowded
Genres
rockexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A · B
Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 5 · 6
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