Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG)

EME Major

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯

How to play it

EM 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).

E Major guitar chord — Open (2 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Major guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 7 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Major guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (14 14 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Major guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 19 18 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Major guitar chord — Open (2 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Major guitar chord — 13th position (14 14 x 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

Read it as tab

EM 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.

E Major guitar tab — Open (2 2 2 1) in Drop D (DADG)

E Major guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 7 6 4) in Drop D (DADG)

E Major guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (14 14 14 13) in Drop D (DADG)

E Major guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 19 18 16) in Drop D (DADG)

E Major guitar tab — Open (2 2 x 1) in Drop D (DADG)

E Major guitar tab — 13th position (14 14 x 13) in Drop D (DADG)

Sound

How EM sounds

Consonance

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7

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