Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

DM6D Major 6th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 7 · Notes E · G♯ · B · C♯

How to play it

DM6 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · 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 6th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 5 5 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar chord — 7th position (10 9 8 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar chord — 7th position (10 9 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar chord — 7th position (10 9 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar chord — 7th position (10 9 8 7 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar chord — 17th position (x 17 17 17 19) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar chord — 17th position (x 17 17 19 17) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

DM6 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 6th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 5 5 7) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 5 7 5) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar tab — 7th position (10 9 8 x 7) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar tab — 7th position (10 9 8 7 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar tab — 7th position (10 9 8 7 7) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar tab — 7th position (10 9 8 7 10) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar tab — 17th position (x 17 17 17 19) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major 6th guitar tab — 17th position (x 17 17 19 17) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How DM6 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmnostalgiccontent

Genres

jazzpopcountry

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 7

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