Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D♯°D♯ Diminished

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

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

How to play it

D♯° fingering positions

Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3, 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 — 8th position (10 9 x 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 10 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D♯ Diminished guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 13 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

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 — 8th position (10 9 10 8) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D♯ Diminished guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 13 11) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

Sound

How D♯° sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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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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