Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯MD♯ Major

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

D♯M 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 3 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar chord — Open (3 3 3 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (x 8 10 10 10 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (x x 15 14 13 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (15 15 15 14 13 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (x 20 22 22 22 20) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar chord — Open (3 0 x x 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

Read it as tab

D♯M 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 3 2 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar tab — Open (3 3 3 2 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (x 8 10 10 10 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (x x 15 14 13 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (15 15 15 14 13 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (x 20 22 22 22 20) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major guitar tab — Open (3 0 x x 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

Sound

How D♯M sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · ♭7

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