Four String Bass · Standard Tuning (EADG)

Co7C Diminished 7th

CRoot

D♯tone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · A

How to play it

Co7 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADG), 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).

C Diminished 7th guitar chord — 7th position (8 9 7 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Diminished 7th guitar chord — 19th position (20 21 19 20) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

Read it as tab

Co7 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.

C Diminished 7th guitar tab — 7th position (8 9 7 8) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Diminished 7th guitar tab — 19th position (20 21 19 20) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

Sound

How Co7 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dramaticominoussuspenseful

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6

Same notes asCm6♭5

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