Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯7G♯ Dominant 7th

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G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D

How to play it

G♯7 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).

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (x x 6 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (6 5 4 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (x 13 13 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (x x 18 17 16 16) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (18 17 16 17 16 16) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 x 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 1 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

G♯7 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♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (x x 6 5 4 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (6 5 4 5 4 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (x 13 13 11 13 13) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (x x 18 17 16 16) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (18 17 16 17 16 16) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 x 1 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 x 1 1) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 1 1 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How G♯7 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyconfidentunresolved

Genres

bluesjazzrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

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