Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯°C♯ Diminished

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · 5 · Notes D · F · G♯

How to play it

C♯° fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · 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).

C♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 x x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (x x x 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 4 x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 x 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 4 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

C♯° 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.

C♯ Diminished guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 x x 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (x x x 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 4 x 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 x 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 4 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Sound

How C♯° 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

NotesD · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · 5

Same notes asC♯m♭5

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