Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG)

CMC Major

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Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · Notes C · E · G

How to play it

CM fingering positions

Drop D (DADG), 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).

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (10 10 10 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x 15 14 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 21st (22 22 22 21) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

C Major guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

C Major guitar chord — 21st position (22 22 x 21) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

Read it as tab

CM 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.

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x 3 2 0) in Drop D (DADG)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (10 10 10 9) in Drop D (DADG)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x 15 14 12) in Drop D (DADG)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 21st (22 22 22 21) in Drop D (DADG)

C Major guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 x 9) in Drop D (DADG)

C Major guitar tab — 21st position (22 22 x 21) in Drop D (DADG)

Sound

How CM sounds

Consonance

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5

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