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

Go7G Diminished 7th

DRoot
Ftone
G♯tone
Btone

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

How to play it

Go7 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).

G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 2 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 2 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 2 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 2 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 2 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 8 11 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 11th position (14 12 11 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Go7 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 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 2 x 5) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 2 5 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 2 2 5) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 2 5 2) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 2 5 5) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 8 8 11) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 8 11 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 11th position (14 12 11 x 11) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Go7 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
dramaticominoussuspenseful
Genres
classicaljazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 3
Same notes asGm6♭5
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More ways to play G Diminished 7th

Browse the rest of the G chords in this tuning, or open Go7 in the app for every voicing.

Go7 in other tunings:

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