Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G°G Diminished

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

G° fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD), 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 guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 x x 8) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 x 8 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 x 5 8) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 x 8 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 x 8 8) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 7 x 8) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 7 8 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 7 5 8) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Read it as tab

G° 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 guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 x x 8) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 x 8 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 x 5 8) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 x 8 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 x 8 8) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 7 x 8) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 7 8 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 7 5 8) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Sound

How G° sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · ♭2

Same notes asGm♭5

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