Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

AM6♭5A Major 6th Flat 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Ctone
D♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C · D♯

How to play it

AM6♭5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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).

A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 4 6 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 4 6 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 4 6 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 4 6 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 4 x 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 6 4 6 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

AM6♭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.

A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 x 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 2 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 4 6 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 4 6 4 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 4 6 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 4 6 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 4 x 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 6 4 6 x x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How AM6♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
quirkywhimsical
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5
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AM6♭5 in other tunings:

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