Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

A°A Diminished

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C

How to play it

A° fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2, 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).

A Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 3) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 11 9) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar chord — 14th position (17 15 14 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar chord — 14th position (17 15 14 15) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar chord — 17th position (17 18 x 18) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

A° 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.

A Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 3) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 x 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 8 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 11 9) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar tab — 14th position (17 15 14 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar tab — 14th position (17 15 14 15) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Diminished guitar tab — 17th position (17 18 x 18) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
Sound

How A° sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseanxiousunstable
Genres
classicaljazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3
Same notes asAm♭5
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