Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Ao7♭13A Diminished 7th Flat 13th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone
Dtone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · D♯ · D

How to play it

Ao7♭13 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 10 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 7 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 10 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 11th position (x 12 13 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 19th position (19 20 22 20 19 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 19th position (19 20 19 20 19 20) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 19th position (19 20 22 20 19 20) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

Ao7♭13 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 Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 10 8 7 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 7 8 7 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 10 8 7 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 11th position (x 12 13 11 13 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 19th position (19 20 22 20 19 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 19th position (19 20 19 20 19 20) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 19th position (19 20 22 20 19 20) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How Ao7♭13 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
ominousdense
Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 4
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