Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯M6G♯ Major 6th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · Notes E · G♯ · B · C♯

How to play it

G♯M6 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 6th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 0 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar chord — Open (x 1 x 0 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 0 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 x 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 0 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 0 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

G♯M6 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 6th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 0 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar tab — Open (x 1 x 0 3 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 0 3 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 0 3 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 x 3 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 0 3 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 0 3 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Major 6th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 3 3 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How G♯M6 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmnostalgiccontent

Genres

jazzpopcountry

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4

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