Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

GMG Major

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · Notes D · F♯ · A

How to play it

GM fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 guitar chord — Open (4 3 1 1 1 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar chord — E-shape, 4th (4 6 6 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar chord — D-shape, 6th (x x 6 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar chord — C-shape, 8th (x 11 10 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar chord — A-shape, 11th (x 11 13 13 13 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar chord — G-shape, 13th (16 15 13 13 13 16) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar chord — E-shape, 16th (16 18 18 17 16 16) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar chord — D-shape, 18th (x x 18 20 21 20) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

GM 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 guitar tab — Open (4 3 1 1 1 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar tab — E-shape, 4th (4 6 6 5 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar tab — D-shape, 6th (x x 6 8 9 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar tab — C-shape, 8th (x 11 10 8 9 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar tab — A-shape, 11th (x 11 13 13 13 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar tab — G-shape, 13th (16 15 13 13 13 16) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar tab — E-shape, 16th (16 18 18 17 16 16) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major guitar tab — D-shape, 18th (x x 18 20 21 20) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How GM sounds

Consonance

5/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

happybrightresolved

Genres

poprockfolk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2

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