Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2

D♯MD♯ Major

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · ♭7  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

D♯M fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (x 6 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (11 10 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x 18 17 18 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 x 3 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 x 6 3) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 5 3 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 5 6 3) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

D♯M 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (x 6 5 6 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (11 10 8 11 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x 18 17 18 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 x 3 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 x 6 3) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 5 3 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 5 6 3) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
D♯ Major guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 x 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 2
Sound

How D♯M sounds

Consonance
5/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
happybrightresolved
Genres
poprockfolk
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · ♭7
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