Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

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 G (gDGBD) · Capo 3, 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 — 5th position (x 6 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 8 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 8 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 8 11 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 11 x 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
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 — 5th position (x 6 5 5 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 8 5) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 8 x 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 8 8 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 8 8 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 8 8 11) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 8 11 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
E Diminished 7th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 11 x 14) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Eo7 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
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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