Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

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), 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 (5 3 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 5 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 5 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 5 8 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 5 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar chord — 11th position (x 12 11 11 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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 (5 3 2 2 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 2 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 5 x 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 5 8 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 5 5 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 5 8 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 5 8 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Diminished 7th guitar tab — 11th position (x 12 11 11 14) in Open G (gDGBD)

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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