Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯°G♯ Diminished

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Gtone

A♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · 2 · Notes E · G · A♯

How to play it

G♯° fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1, 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).

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 x 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (7 x x 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 x 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 7 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (x x 7 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (7 x x 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 7 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

G♯° 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.

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 x 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 2 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (7 x x 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 x 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 7 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (x x 7 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (7 x x 5 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 7 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How G♯° 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

NotesE · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 7 · 2

Same notes asG♯m♭5

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