Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

AM(add4)A Major Added 4th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 2 · 3 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · B · C♯

How to play it

AM(add4) 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 Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 0 x 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

A Major Added 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 0 6 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

A Major Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 0 x 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 0 x 5 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

Read it as tab

AM(add4) 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 Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 0 x 2 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

A Major Added 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 0 6 3 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

A Major Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 0 x 5 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 0 x 5 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

Sound

How AM(add4) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tensecrowded

Genres

rockexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · B · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 2 · 3

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