Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E°♯5E Diminished Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Etone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1 · Notes G♯ · B · D · E

How to play it

E°♯5 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 x 3 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 x 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 x 3 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 2 3 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 x 0 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 2 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 2 0 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 x 5 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

E°♯5 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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 x 3 1 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 x 0 1 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 x 3 1 2) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 2 3 1 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 x 0 1 2) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 2 0 1 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 2 0 1 2) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 x 5 x 5) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How E°♯5 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarledtense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1

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