Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯MF♯ Major

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Formula ♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes C · E · G

How to play it

F♯M 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x x 4 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (4 4 4 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 9 11 11 11 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (x x 16 15 14 14) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (16 16 16 15 14 14) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — Open (4 1 x x 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — Open (4 1 x x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — Open (4 1 x 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

F♯M 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x x 4 3 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (4 4 4 3 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 9 11 11 11 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (x x 16 15 14 14) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (16 16 16 15 14 14) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — Open (4 1 x x 2 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — Open (4 1 x x 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — Open (4 1 x 3 2 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How F♯M sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2

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