Four String Banjo · Irish Tenor (GDAE)

E°E Diminished

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes G♯ · B · D

How to play it

E° 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).

E Diminished guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

E Diminished guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

E Diminished guitar chord — 13th position (x 14 13 15) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

E Diminished guitar chord — 20th position (21 20 22 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

Read it as tab

E° 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.

E Diminished guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 3) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

E Diminished guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 10 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

E Diminished guitar tab — 13th position (x 14 13 15) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

E Diminished guitar tab — 20th position (21 20 22 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

Sound

How E° sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7

Same notes asEm♭5

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