Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

GM♯13G Major Sharp 13th

DRoot
F♯tone
Atone
Ctone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · 4  ·  Notes D · F♯ · A · C

How to play it

GM♯13 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).

G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 2nd (x 0 2 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 7th (x x 7 9 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 7th (7 7 7 9 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 12th (x 12 14 12 14 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 19th (x x 19 21 20 21) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 19th (19 19 19 21 20 21) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 5 x 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

GM♯13 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 Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 2nd (x 0 2 0 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 7th (x x 7 9 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 7th (7 7 7 9 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 12th (x 12 14 12 14 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 19th (x x 19 21 20 21) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 19th (19 19 19 21 20 21) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 0 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 5 x 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How GM♯13 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
bluesyunresolved
Genres
bluesjazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 4
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