Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯mD♯ Minor

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

D♯m 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (x 8 6 8 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (13 11 10 13 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 18th (x 20 18 20 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 x 4 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 6th position (x 8 6 x 8) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 6th position (x 8 6 8 8) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 10th position (13 11 10 x x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

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♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (x 8 6 8 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (13 11 10 13 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 18th (x 20 18 20 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 4 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 3 4 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 6th position (x 8 6 x 8) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 6th position (x 8 6 8 8) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 10th position (13 11 10 x x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Sound

How D♯m sounds

Consonance

5/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

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