Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A°(add2)A Diminished Added 2nd

F♯Root

G♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Formula 6 · 7 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes F♯ · G♯ · A · C

How to play it

A°(add2) fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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).

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 x 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 x 2 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 x 2 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 4 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 x 2 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 4 2 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (4 0 x x 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (4 0 x 0 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

A°(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.

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 x 2 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 x 2 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 x 2 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 4 2 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 x 2 0 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 4 2 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (4 0 x x 3 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (4 0 x 0 3 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How A°(add2) sounds

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Character

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Moods

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 1 · ♭3

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