Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D°D Diminished

ERoot

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes E · G · A♯

How to play it

D° fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · 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).

D Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (x 7 7 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (x 7 7 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 6th position (x 7 7 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 10 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 10 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 10 x 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 x 14 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

D° 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 guitar tab — 5th position (x 7 7 5 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar tab — 6th position (x 7 7 x 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 10 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 10 11 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 10 x 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 10 11 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 x 14 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How D° sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6

Same notes asDm♭5

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