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

G♯MG♯ Major

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G♯tone

Btone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes E · G♯ · B

How to play it

G♯M 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 — A-shape, 2nd (x 0 2 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar chord — G-shape, 2nd (5 4 2 2 2 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar chord — E-shape, 5th (5 7 7 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar chord — D-shape, 7th (x x 7 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar chord — C-shape, 9th (x 12 11 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar chord — A-shape, 12th (x 12 14 14 14 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar chord — G-shape, 14th (17 16 14 14 14 17) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar chord — E-shape, 17th (17 19 19 18 17 17) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

G♯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.

G♯ Major guitar tab — A-shape, 2nd (x 0 2 2 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar tab — G-shape, 2nd (5 4 2 2 2 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar tab — E-shape, 5th (5 7 7 6 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar tab — D-shape, 7th (x x 7 9 10 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar tab — C-shape, 9th (x 12 11 9 10 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar tab — A-shape, 12th (x 12 14 14 14 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar tab — G-shape, 14th (17 16 14 14 14 17) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Major guitar tab — E-shape, 17th (17 19 19 18 17 17) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How G♯M sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3

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