Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A°(add2)A Diminished Added 2nd

F♯Root
G♯tone
Atone
Ctone

Formula 6 · 7 · 1 · ♭3  ·  Notes F♯ · G♯ · A · C

How to play it

A°(add2) fingering positions

DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD), 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 Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 4 3 1) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 9 8 x 10) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 10 8 x 9) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 19th position (19 x 21 20 x 22) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 19th position (19 x 22 20 x 21) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Read it as tab

A°(add2) 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 Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 4 3 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 4 3 1) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 9 8 x 10) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 10 8 x 9) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 19th position (19 x 21 20 x 22) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 19th position (19 x 22 20 x 21) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Sound

How A°(add2) sounds

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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 1 · ♭3
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