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

D♯mD♯ Minor

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

D♯m 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♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (x 6 6 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x x 11 9 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (11 9 11 9 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x 18 18 18 17 18) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 x x 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 6 x 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 5th position (x x x 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 x 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (x 6 6 6 5 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x x 11 9 9 11) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (11 9 11 9 9 11) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x 18 18 18 17 18) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 x x 5 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 6 x 5 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 5th position (x x x 6 5 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Minor guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 x 6 5 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How D♯m sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

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