Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

A°A Diminished

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C

How to play it

A° fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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).

A Diminished guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
A Diminished guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
A Diminished guitar chord — 13th position (x 14 13 15) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
A Diminished guitar chord — 20th position (21 20 22 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
Read it as tab

A° 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.

A Diminished guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 3) in Tenor (CGDA)
A Diminished guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 10 x) in Tenor (CGDA)
A Diminished guitar tab — 13th position (x 14 13 15) in Tenor (CGDA)
A Diminished guitar tab — 20th position (21 20 22 x) in Tenor (CGDA)
Sound

How A° sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseanxiousunstable
Genres
classicaljazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3
Same notes asAm♭5
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