Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯7G♯ Dominant 7th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

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

How to play it

G♯7 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 guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (x x 6 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (6 6 6 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (x x 18 17 18 16) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (18 18 18 17 18 16) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 x x 6 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 4 x 6 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 x x 3 4) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 4 x 3 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Read it as tab

G♯7 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 guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (x x 6 5 6 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (6 6 6 5 6 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (x x 18 17 18 16) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (18 18 18 17 18 16) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 x x 6 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 4 x 6 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 x x 3 4) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 4 x 3 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Sound

How G♯7 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyconfidentunresolved

Genres

bluesjazzrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

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