Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Do7D Diminished 7th

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Gtone

A♯tone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

Do7 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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 Diminished 7th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar chord — 6th position (x 7 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar chord — 6th position (x 7 6 9 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 x 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 15 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 12 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 15 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar chord — 18th position (x 19 18 18 21) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Do7 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 Diminished 7th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 3 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar tab — 6th position (x 7 6 6 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar tab — 6th position (x 7 6 9 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 x 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 15 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 12 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 15 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished 7th guitar tab — 18th position (x 19 18 18 21) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Do7 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dramaticominoussuspenseful

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7

Same notes asDm6♭5

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