Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

C°C Diminished

CRoot

D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

C° fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE), 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).

C Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar chord — 7th position (10 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar chord — 7th position (10 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 x 11) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 13 11) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar chord — 14th position (x 17 16 14) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar chord — 19th position (22 20 19 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar chord — 19th position (22 20 19 20) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

Read it as tab

C° 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.

C Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 4 2) in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar tab — 7th position (10 8 7 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar tab — 7th position (10 8 7 8) in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 x 11) in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 13 11) in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar tab — 14th position (x 17 16 14) in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar tab — 19th position (22 20 19 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

C Diminished guitar tab — 19th position (22 20 19 20) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

How C° sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5

Same notes asCm♭5

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