Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Ao7(add2)A Diminished 7th Added 2nd

F♯Root
G♯tone
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone

Formula 6 · 7 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5  ·  Notes F♯ · G♯ · A · C · D♯

How to play it

Ao7(add2) fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · 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).

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 x 0 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 x 3 4 3 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (6 x 0 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 x 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 0 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Ao7(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 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 x 0 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 x 3 4 3 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (6 x 0 4 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 x 4 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 0 4 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Ao7(add2) sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
skitteringeerie
Genres
film score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · A · C · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
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