Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

G°(add2)G Diminished Added 2nd

DRoot
Etone
Ftone
G♯tone

Formula 5 · 6 · ♭7 · ♭2  ·  Notes D · E · F · G♯

How to play it

G°(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).

G Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 x 7 8) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 x 8 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 9 x 8) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 9 8 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 7 8 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 9 8 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 x 19 20) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

G°(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.

G Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 x 7 8) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 x 8 7) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 9 x 8) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 9 8 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 7 7 8) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 7 8 7) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 9 8 7) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 x 19 20) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How G°(add2) sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
creepingtense
Genres
film score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · E · F · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 6 · ♭7 · ♭2
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