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

G♯o7G♯ Diminished 7th

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Gtone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 4 · Notes E · G · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

G♯o7 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).

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 x 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 8 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 8 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar chord — 11th position (x 12 11 11 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar chord — 11th position (x 12 11 14 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar chord — 17th position (19 18 17 x 20) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar chord — 17th position (19 18 17 20 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

G♯o7 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♯ Diminished 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 x 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 8 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 5 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 8 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar tab — 11th position (x 12 11 11 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar tab — 11th position (x 12 11 14 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar tab — 17th position (19 18 17 x 20) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished 7th guitar tab — 17th position (19 18 17 20 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How G♯o7 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dramaticominoussuspenseful

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asG♯m6♭5

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