Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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 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).

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

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

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 4 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (9 x x 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (9 x 11 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 x 8 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 11 8 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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 — 2nd position (x 2 0 x 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 5 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 4 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (9 x x 8 8 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (9 x 11 8 8 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 x 8 x 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Diminished Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 11 8 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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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