Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Ao7A Diminished 7th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes F♯ · A · C · D♯

How to play it

Ao7 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, 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).

A Diminished 7th guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 6 x 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 6 9 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 6 9 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 12 12 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 12 15 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar chord — 18th position (20 19 18 x 21) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar chord — 18th position (20 19 18 21 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Ao7 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.

A Diminished 7th guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 6 x 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 6 9 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 6 6 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 6 9 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 12 12 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 12 15 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar tab — 18th position (20 19 18 x 21) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th guitar tab — 18th position (20 19 18 21 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Ao7 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dramaticominoussuspenseful

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯

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

Same notes asAm6♭5

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