Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

DM7D Major 7th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

DM7 fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD), 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 7th guitar chord — Open (0 2 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar chord — 4th position (0 6 x 4 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar chord — 4th position (0 6 6 4 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar chord — 6th position (0 6 6 x 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar chord — 6th position (0 6 6 0 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar chord — 6th position (0 6 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar chord — 6th position (0 6 6 7 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar chord — 9th position (12 11 9 x 11) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Read it as tab

DM7 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 7th guitar tab — Open (0 2 1 4 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar tab — 4th position (0 6 x 4 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar tab — 4th position (0 6 6 4 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar tab — 6th position (0 6 6 x 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar tab — 6th position (0 6 6 0 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar tab — 6th position (0 6 6 7 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar tab — 6th position (0 6 6 7 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Major 7th guitar tab — 9th position (12 11 9 x 11) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Sound

How DM7 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamywarmromantic

Genres

jazzbossa novar&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2

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