Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Dm♭5D Minor Flat 5th

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Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes E · G · A♯

How to play it

Dm♭5 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 Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 x 3 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 x x 3 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 x 5 3 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (0 x 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (0 x 5 0 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (0 x 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (0 7 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

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 Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 x 3 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 3 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 x x 3 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 x 5 3 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (0 x 5 x 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (0 x 5 0 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (0 x 5 6 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (0 7 5 x 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Sound

How Dm♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6

Same notes asD°

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