Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

G♯°G♯ Diminished

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Gtone

A♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · 2 · Notes E · G · A♯

How to play it

G♯° 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).

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 3rd position (6 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 3rd position (6 4 3 4) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (6 7 0 4) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 0 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 x 7) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 0 7) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 9 7) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 10th position (x 13 12 10) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

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 — 3rd position (6 4 3 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 3rd position (6 4 3 4) in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (6 7 0 4) in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 0 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 x 7) in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 0 7) in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 9 7) in Chicago (DGBE)

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 10th position (x 13 12 10) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

How G♯° sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 7 · 2

Same notes asG♯m♭5

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