Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

Eo7E Diminished 7th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Ftone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes G♯ · B · D · F

How to play it

Eo7 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2, 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 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 2 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 2 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 2 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 4th position (0 5 x 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 4th position (0 5 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 7th position (x 8 8 9 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 9th position (12 11 11 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Eo7 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 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 2 3 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 2 x 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 2 0 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 2 3 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 4th position (0 5 x 6 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 4th position (0 5 5 6 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 7th position (x 8 8 9 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 9th position (12 11 11 9 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

Sound

How Eo7 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dramaticominoussuspenseful

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2

Same notes asEm6♭5

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