Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

DMD Major

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G♯tone

Btone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes E · G♯ · B

How to play it

DM fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 — Open (x x 2 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar chord — Open (2 2 2 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 7th (x 7 9 9 9 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x x 14 13 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (14 14 14 13 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 19th (x 19 21 21 21 19) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar chord — Open (2 x x 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar chord — Open (2 x x 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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 — Open (x x 2 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar tab — Open (2 2 2 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 7th (x 7 9 9 9 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x x 14 13 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (14 14 14 13 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 19th (x 19 21 21 21 19) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar tab — Open (2 x x 1 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major guitar tab — Open (2 x x 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6

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