Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

AMA Major

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

AM 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x 0 2 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (x x 7 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (7 7 7 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x 12 14 14 14 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x x 19 18 17 17) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (19 19 19 18 17 17) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

Read it as tab

AM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x 0 2 2 2 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (x x 7 6 5 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (7 7 7 6 5 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x 12 14 14 14 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x x 19 18 17 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (19 19 19 18 17 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

Sound

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3

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