Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B°B Diminished

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E

How to play it

B° 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).

B Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (7 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (7 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 x 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 10 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 13 11) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar chord — 16th position (19 17 16 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar chord — 16th position (19 17 16 17) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar chord — 19th position (19 20 x 20) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

B° 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.

B Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (7 5 4 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (7 5 4 5) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 x 8) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 10 8) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 13 11) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar tab — 16th position (19 17 16 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar tab — 16th position (19 17 16 17) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished guitar tab — 19th position (19 20 x 20) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How B° sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asBm♭5

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