Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

AmA Minor

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C♯

How to play it

Am fingering positions

Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2, 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).

A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 3rd (5 5 5 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 7th (x 10 8 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (17 17 17 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 8 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Am 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.

A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 3rd (5 5 5 3) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 7th (x 10 8 7) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (17 17 17 15) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x 0 3) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 x 3) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 0 3) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 8 7) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
A Minor guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 8 x) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
Sound

How Am sounds

Consonance
5/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
sadmelancholyserious
Genres
rockpopclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3
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