Four String Banjo · Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯mD♯ Minor

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

D♯m fingering positions

Irish Tenor (GDAE), 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 — Open (x 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (8 8 9 11) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (x 13 13 14) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 6th position (8 x 9 6) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 9 6) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 18th position (20 x 21 18) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 18th position (20 20 21 18) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

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 — Open (x 1 1 2) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (8 8 9 11) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (x 13 13 14) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 6th position (8 x 9 6) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 9 6) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 9 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 18th position (20 x 21 18) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 18th position (20 20 21 18) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

Sound

How D♯m sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

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