Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

DMD Major

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes E · G♯ · B

How to play it

DM fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3, 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 4 6 6 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x x 11 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (11 11 11 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 16 18 18 18 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

DM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 4 6 6 6 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x x 11 10 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (11 11 11 10 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 16 18 18 18 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 x x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Major guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How DM sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6

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