Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

AM6A Major 6th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

AM6 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 guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 4 x 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 4 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 4 6 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 4 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 4 6 5 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 4 6 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

AM6 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 guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 4 x 2 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 4 2 2 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 2 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 4 6 x 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 4 6 5 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 4 6 5 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major 6th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 4 6 x 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How AM6 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmnostalgiccontent

Genres

jazzpopcountry

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭5

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