Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG)

E°E Diminished

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes G♯ · B · D

How to play it

E° fingering positions

Drop D (DADG), 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 (2 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Diminished guitar chord — Open (2 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 5 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Diminished guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 x 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Diminished guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 14 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Diminished guitar chord — 14th position (14 x 17 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

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 (2 1 x 0) in Drop D (DADG)

E Diminished guitar tab — Open (2 1 2 0) in Drop D (DADG)

E Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 5 3) in Drop D (DADG)

E Diminished guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 x 12) in Drop D (DADG)

E Diminished guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 14 12) in Drop D (DADG)

E Diminished guitar tab — 14th position (14 x 17 15) in Drop D (DADG)

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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