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

DMD Major

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes E · G♯ · B

How to play it

DM fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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).

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (x 5 5 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (x x 10 9 8 10) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (10 9 10 9 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x 17 17 17 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (x x 22 21 20 22) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (22 21 22 21 20 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 x 0 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

DM 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, 5th (x 5 5 5 5 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (x x 10 9 8 10) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (10 9 10 9 8 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x 17 17 17 17 17) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (x x 22 21 20 22) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (22 21 22 21 20 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 0 x x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D Major guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 x 0 5 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How DM 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)2 · ♭5 · 6

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