Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯°D♯ Diminished

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Formula ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes F♯ · A · C

How to play it

D♯° fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), 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 — Open (1 0 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 0 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 x 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 0 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 3 x 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 3 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

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

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 — Open (1 0 0 1 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — Open (1 x 0 4 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — Open (1 0 0 4 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 4 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — Open (1 3 0 4 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (x x 6 7 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 7th position (x 9 9 7 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How D♯° sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · ♭5 · 6

Same notes asD♯m♭5

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