Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

DMD Major

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes E · G♯ · B

How to play it

DM fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE), 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 7 7 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (12 11 10 10) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x 19 19 17) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 3 2) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar chord — 5th position (0 x 7 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar chord — 5th position (0 7 7 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar chord — 10th position (12 11 10 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

Read it as tab

DM 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 7 7 5) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (12 11 10 10) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x 19 19 17) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 x 2) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 3 2) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar tab — 5th position (0 x 7 5) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar tab — 5th position (0 7 7 5) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Major guitar tab — 10th position (12 11 10 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6

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