Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

E°(add2)E Diminished Added 2nd

G♯Root
A♯tone
Btone
Dtone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 5 · ♭7  ·  Notes G♯ · A♯ · B · D

How to play it

E°(add2) fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD), 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).

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 x 4 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 6 x 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 x 16 17) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 x 17 16) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 18 x 17) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 18 17 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

E°(add2) 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.

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 x 4 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 6 x 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 6 5 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 4 4 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 x 16 17) in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 x 17 16) in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 18 x 17) in Double C (gCGCD)
E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 18 17 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How E°(add2) sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · B · D
Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 5 · ♭7
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