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

E°(add2)E Diminished Added 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · B · D

How to play it

E°(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).

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

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

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

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

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 x x 10 10 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 x 13 10 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x 10 x 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 10 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

E°(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.

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

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

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

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

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 x x 10 10 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 x 13 10 10 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x 10 x 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 10 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How E°(add2) sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · B · D

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 5 · ♭7

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