Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

FM♭5F Major Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

Formula 4 · 6 · 7 · Notes A♯ · D · E

How to play it

FM♭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).

F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 x x 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 x x 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 x 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 3 x 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x x 3 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 x 4 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 x 4 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 x 3 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

FM♭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.

F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 x x 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 x x 2 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 x 2 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 3 x 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x x 3 2 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 x 4 x 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 x 4 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 x 3 2 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How FM♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 7

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