Dalt

Dalt is D, F#, A#, C and Eb, a altered dominant. The shape this page opens on is written xx0132, lowest string first.

There are 9 common shapes for Dalt on the guitar, and 19 derived voicings in 2 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: xx0132, x54x34, x54774, x5677x, x-11-0-11-9-10, 10-9-x-11-9-10, x-x-12-11-9-10, 10-11-12-11-x-10, x-x-12-13-15-14.

Shell. Root, third and seventh: the guide tones fix the quality, so the fifth is dropped. That is what leaves a string free, so pick a tension to put on top. Dalt has x5454x, xx0576, 10-9-10-8-x-x, x-x-12-11-13-11, x5x576, 10-x-10-11-11-x.

Rootless. The root left to the bass player. Frees a finger for a tension. Dalt has xx1312, x3434x, xx4546, xx8878, x-x-10-11-11-11, x-13-13-11-13-x, x-x-13-15-13-14, x3x342.

Tensions. A shell of Dalt, root, third and seventh, leaves a string free, and the tones that belong over it are the #11 (G#).

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.