Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯°D♯ Diminished

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

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

How to play it

D♯° fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1, 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 (0 1 x 1) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (0 x 6 4) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (0 7 6 4) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (x 7 6 4) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 9th position (12 10 9 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 9th position (12 10 9 10) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 12th position (12 13 x 13) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

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 (0 1 3 1) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (0 x 6 4) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (0 7 6 4) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (x 7 6 4) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 9th position (12 10 9 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 9th position (12 10 9 10) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 12th position (12 13 x 13) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 1

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

Explore

More ways to play D♯ Diminished

Browse the rest of the D♯ chords in this tuning, or open D♯° in the app for every voicing.

D♯° in other tunings:

See & hear D♯° in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline

Download on theApp Store