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

G♯MG♯ Major

ERoot
G♯tone
Btone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3  ·  Notes E · G♯ · B

How to play it

G♯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).

G♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 3rd (4 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
G♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (x 9 8 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
G♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (16 16 16 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
G♯ Major guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
G♯ Major guitar chord — 15th position (16 16 x 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

G♯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.

G♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 3rd (4 4 4 3) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
G♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (x 9 8 6) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
G♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (16 16 16 15) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
G♯ Major guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 x 3) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
G♯ Major guitar tab — 15th position (16 16 x 15) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2
Sound

How G♯M sounds

Consonance
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Character

Moods & genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3
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