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

E°(add2)E Diminished Added 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · B · D

How to play it

E°(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).

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 0 3 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 0 4 x x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 x 3 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 0 3 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 x 4 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 0 3 x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 0 4 x 4 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 0 4 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

E°(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.

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 0 3 x x 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 0 4 x x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 x 3 2 x 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 0 3 2 x 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 x 4 2 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 0 3 x 4 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 0 4 x 4 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 0 4 2 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How E°(add2) sounds

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Character

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · B · D

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 5 · ♭7

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