Four String Bass · D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯MD♯ Major

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

D♯M fingering positions

D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1, 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 — Open (0 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 7 6 4) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (12 14 14 13) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 19 18 16) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar chord — Open (0 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar chord — 4th position (0 x 6 4) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar chord — 4th position (0 7 6 4) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar chord — 9th position (12 11 9 x) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

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♯ Major guitar tab — Open (0 2 2 1) in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 7 6 4) in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (12 14 14 13) in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 19 18 16) in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar tab — Open (0 2 x 1) in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar tab — 4th position (0 x 6 4) in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar tab — 4th position (0 7 6 4) in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

D♯ Major guitar tab — 9th position (12 11 9 x) in D Standard (DGCF) · Capo 1

Sound

How D♯M sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · ♭7

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