Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯MD♯ Major

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

D♯M fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 — Open (x x 1 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar chord — C-shape, 3rd (x 6 5 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar chord — A-shape, 6th (x 6 8 8 8 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar chord — G-shape, 8th (11 10 8 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar chord — E-shape, 11th (11 13 13 12 11 11) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar chord — D-shape, 13th (x x 13 15 16 15) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar chord — C-shape, 15th (x 18 17 15 16 15) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar chord — A-shape, 18th (x 18 20 20 20 18) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

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♯ Major guitar tab — Open (x x 1 3 4 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar tab — C-shape, 3rd (x 6 5 3 4 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar tab — A-shape, 6th (x 6 8 8 8 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar tab — G-shape, 8th (11 10 8 8 8 11) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar tab — E-shape, 11th (11 13 13 12 11 11) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar tab — D-shape, 13th (x x 13 15 16 15) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar tab — C-shape, 15th (x 18 17 15 16 15) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D♯ Major guitar tab — A-shape, 18th (x 18 20 20 20 18) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How D♯M sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · ♭7

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