Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯°(add2)D♯ Diminished Added 2nd

F♯Root
G♯tone
Atone
Ctone

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

How to play it

D♯°(add2) fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E), 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).

D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 x 8 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 8 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 8 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 x 9 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 x 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 11 9 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 x 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 11 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Read it as tab

D♯°(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.

D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 x 8 5 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 8 5 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 8 5 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 x 9 8 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 x 8 8 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 11 9 8 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 x 8 8 11) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
D♯ Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 11 8 8 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Sound

How D♯°(add2) sounds

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Character

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Theory

Notes & relationships

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