Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯MG♯ Major

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

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

How to play it

G♯M fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1, 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, 3rd (x x 5 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 3rd (5 5 5 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (x 10 12 12 12 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (x x 17 16 15 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (17 17 17 16 15 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 x x x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

G♯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.

G♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 3rd (x x 5 4 3 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 3rd (5 5 5 4 3 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (x 10 12 12 12 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (x x 17 16 15 15) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (17 17 17 16 15 15) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 0 x x x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 0 0 x x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 0 0 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Sound

How G♯M sounds

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3

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