Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

G♯M♯5G♯ Major Sharp 5th

ERoot

G♯tone

Ctone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · 3 · Notes E · G♯ · C

How to play it

G♯M♯5 fingering positions

Drop D (DADG) · 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).

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 6 x 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 6 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 10 9 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (17 18 x 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (17 18 17 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

G♯M♯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.

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 6 x 4) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 6 5 4) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 10 9 8) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (17 18 x 16) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (17 18 17 16) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

Sound

How G♯M♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · 3

Same notes asG♯+

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