Four String Banjo · Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯°D♯ Diminished

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

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

How to play it

D♯° fingering positions

Irish Tenor (GDAE), 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 (x 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 12 14) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 19th position (20 19 21 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

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 — 7th position (8 7 9 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 12 14) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 19th position (20 19 21 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

Sound

How D♯° sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · ♭5 · 6

Same notes asD♯m♭5

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