Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯MD♯ Major

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

D♯M fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3, 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).

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 3rd (x 3 3 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (x x 8 7 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (8 7 8 7 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (x 15 15 15 15 15) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 x x 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 3 x x 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 x x 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 x 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

D♯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.

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 3rd (x 3 3 3 3 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (x x 8 7 6 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (8 7 8 7 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (x 15 15 15 15 15) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 x x 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 3 x x 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 x x 6 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

D♯ Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 x 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

Sound

How D♯M sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · ♭7

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