Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

DM♯5D Major Sharp 5th

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G♯tone

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Formula 2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · Notes E · G♯ · C

How to play it

DM♯5 fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 x 4) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (x 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 11 x) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 x 16) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (x 19 19 20) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

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 Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 x 4) in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 3 4) in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (x 7 7 8) in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 11 x) in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 11 12) in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 x 16) in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 15 16) in Plectrum (CGBD)

D Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (x 19 19 20) in Plectrum (CGBD)

Sound

How DM♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · ♭7

Same notes asD+

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