Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A°A Diminished

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes F♯ · A · C

How to play it

A° 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 guitar chord — Open (x 2 0 x x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

A Diminished guitar chord — Open (x 2 x x 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished guitar chord — Open (x 2 0 x 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

A Diminished guitar chord — Open (x x x 4 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished guitar chord — Open (x 2 3 x 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

A° 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 guitar tab — Open (x 2 0 x x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

A Diminished guitar tab — Open (x 2 x x 3 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished guitar tab — Open (x 2 0 x 3 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

A Diminished guitar tab — Open (x x x 4 3 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished guitar tab — Open (x 2 3 x 3 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How A° sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3

Same notes asAm♭5

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