Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

Dm6♯5D Minor 6th Sharp 5th

ERoot

Gtone

Ctone

C♯tone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭7 · 7 · Notes E · G · C · C♯

How to play it

Dm6♯5 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 Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 3 0 1) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (0 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (12 15 12 13) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

Read it as tab

Dm6♯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 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 3 0 1) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (0 4 6 6) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (12 15 12 13) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

How Dm6♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · C · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭7 · 7

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