Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 2 0 x 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 x x 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (x x 9 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 x 7 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 11 x x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 11 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 12 10 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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 2 0 x 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 2 0 4 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 x x 7 6 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (x x 9 7 6 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 x 7 x 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 11 x x 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 11 10 x 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 12 10 x 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How A°(add2) sounds

Consonance

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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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