Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

GM6G Major 6th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Btone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · 3 · Notes D · F♯ · A · B

How to play it

GM6 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, 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 6th guitar chord — Open (1 1 x 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar chord — Open (1 3 x 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar chord — Open (1 1 x 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar chord — Open (1 1 1 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar chord — Open (1 3 x 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar chord — Open (1 3 1 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar chord — Open (1 1 1 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar chord — Open (1 3 1 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

GM6 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 6th guitar tab — Open (1 1 x 1 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 1 1 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar tab — Open (1 1 x 1 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar tab — Open (1 1 1 1 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 1 1 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar tab — Open (1 3 1 1 1 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar tab — Open (1 1 1 1 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 6th guitar tab — Open (1 3 1 1 1 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How GM6 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmnostalgiccontent

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · B

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 3

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