Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

DM6♯5D Major 6th Sharp 5th

ERoot

G♯tone

Ctone

C♯tone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 7 · Notes E · G♯ · C · C♯

How to play it

DM6♯5 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 x x 3 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 x 0 3 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 x 4 3 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 x 4 3 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 x x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 0 x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 4 x 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x x 0 3 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

DM6♯5 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 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 x x 3 0 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 x 0 3 0 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 x 4 3 0 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 x 4 3 0 0) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 x x 0 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 0 x 0 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 4 x 0 0) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x x 0 3 0 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How DM6♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

unsettledcurious

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 7

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