Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯7♯5G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th

ERoot
G♯tone
Ctone
Dtone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · 3 · ♭5  ·  Notes E · G♯ · C · D

How to play it

G♯7♯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).

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 x x 5 7 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 x 4 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 7 x 5 x 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 7 4 5 x x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x x 6 5 7 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 x 4 5 7 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 7 6 5 x 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 11 x 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Read it as tab

G♯7♯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♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 x x 5 7 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 x 4 5 7 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 7 x 5 x 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 7 4 5 x x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x x 6 5 7 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 x 4 5 7 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 7 6 5 x 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 11 x 9 9 10) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Sound

How G♯7♯5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
restlessbluesyunstable
Genres
jazzblues
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C · D
Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · 3 · ♭5
Same notes asG♯+7
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