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

D♯mD♯ Minor

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

D♯m 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).

D♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (11 11 11 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (x 16 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 11th position (11 x 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 14 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

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♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (11 11 11 9) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (x 16 14 13) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 x 9) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 11th position (11 x 14 13) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 14 x) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 14 13) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

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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