Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG)

G♯m♭5G♯ Minor Flat 5th

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Gtone

A♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · 2 · Notes E · G · A♯

How to play it

G♯m♭5 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).

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 x 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (6 x 9 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 16th position (18 17 x 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 16th position (18 17 18 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (18 x 21 19) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

Read it as tab

G♯m♭5 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♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 x 0 4) in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 x 4) in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 0 4) in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 6 4) in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (6 x 9 7) in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 16th position (18 17 x 16) in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 16th position (18 17 18 16) in Drop D (DADG)

G♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (18 x 21 19) in Drop D (DADG)

Sound

How G♯m♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 7 · 2

Same notes asG♯°

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