Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

G Diminished

DRoot
Ftone
G♯tone

Formula 5 · ♭7 · ♭2  ·  Notes D · F · G♯

How to play it

G° fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · 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).

G Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 x x 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar chord — Open (x x 3 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 x x x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 x x 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 2 x 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 2 x 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar chord — Open (1 x 3 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar chord — Open (x x 3 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

G° 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.

G Diminished guitar tab — Open (1 x x 1 0 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar tab — Open (x x 3 1 0 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar tab — Open (1 x x x 0 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar tab — Open (1 x x 1 0 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar tab — Open (1 2 x 1 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar tab — Open (1 2 x 1 0 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar tab — Open (1 x 3 1 0 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
G Diminished guitar tab — Open (x x 3 1 0 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
Sound

How G° sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseanxiousunstable
Genres
classicaljazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · ♭2
Same notes asGm♭5
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