Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯M6♯13G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th

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G♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

Dtone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭5 · Notes E · G♯ · B · C♯ · D

How to play it

G♯M6♯13 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).

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 4 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 4 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 6th position (6 9 6 8 6 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 11th position (x 11 13 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 16th position (18 18 16 17 18 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 16th position (18 18 16 17 18 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 18th position (18 21 18 20 18 20) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

G♯M6♯13 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.

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 4 5 6 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 4 5 6 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 6th position (6 9 6 8 6 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 11th position (x 11 13 11 13 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 16th position (18 18 16 17 18 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 16th position (18 18 16 17 18 16) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 6th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 18th position (18 21 18 20 18 20) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How G♯M6♯13 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyrelaxed

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · C♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭5

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