Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

B Diminished

A♯Root
C♯tone
Etone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4  ·  Notes A♯ · C♯ · E

How to play it

B° fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3, 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).

B Diminished guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 x 6 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 x 9 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 x x 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 x 9 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 x 9 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 8 x 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar chord — 11th position (x 13 11 x 12) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

B° 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.

B Diminished guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 x 6 9) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 x 9 6) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 x x 9) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 x 9 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 x 9 9) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 8 x 9) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 8 9 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Diminished guitar tab — 11th position (x 13 11 x 12) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
Sound

How B° sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseanxiousunstable
Genres
classicaljazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E
Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4
Same notes asBm♭5
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