Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

DM6♯5D Major 6th Sharp 5th

ERoot

G♯tone

Ctone

C♯tone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 7 · Notes E · G♯ · C · C♯

How to play it

DM6♯5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2, 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 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 2 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 x 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 x 2 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 x 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 x 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

DM6♯5 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 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 2 1 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 x 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 x 2 5 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 5 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 x 5 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 5 5 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 9 9 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 x 9 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How DM6♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

unsettledcurious

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 7

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