Four String Bass · D Standard (DGCF)

GMG Major

DRoot
F♯tone
Atone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2  ·  Notes D · F♯ · A

How to play it

GM fingering positions

D Standard (DGCF), 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).

G Major guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (5 7 7 6) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 12 11 9) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (17 19 19 18) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar chord — 2nd position (5 4 2 x) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar chord — 2nd position (5 4 2 2) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 x 6) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar chord — 14th position (17 16 14 x) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar chord — 14th position (17 16 14 14) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)
Read it as tab

GM 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.

G Major guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (5 7 7 6) in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 12 11 9) in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (17 19 19 18) in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar tab — 2nd position (5 4 2 x) in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar tab — 2nd position (5 4 2 2) in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 x 6) in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar tab — 14th position (17 16 14 x) in D Standard (DGCF)
G Major guitar tab — 14th position (17 16 14 14) in D Standard (DGCF)
Sound

How GM sounds

Consonance
5/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
happybrightresolved
Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2
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