Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

GMG Major

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · Notes D · F♯ · A

How to play it

GM 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x 0 2 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Major guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (x x 7 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Major guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (7 7 7 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

G Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x x 19 18 17 17) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (19 19 19 18 17 17) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Major guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Major guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

GM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x 0 2 2 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Major guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (x x 7 6 5 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Major guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (7 7 7 6 5 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

G Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x x 19 18 17 17) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (19 19 19 18 17 17) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Major guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Major guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How GM sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2

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