Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

DM♭5D Major Flat 5th

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G♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · Notes E · G♯ · A♯

How to play it

DM♭5 fingering positions

DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD), 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 Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x x 1 x 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 0 1 x 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 1 x x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x x 0 1 x 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 1 x 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (0 x 4 x x 6) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (0 x 6 x x 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Read it as tab

DM♭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.

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x x 1 x 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 0 1 x 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 1 x x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 1 x 0) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x x 0 1 x 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 1 x 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (0 x 4 x x 6) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

D Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (0 x 6 x x 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Sound

How DM♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · ♭6

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