Ukulele · Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 1

D°D Diminished

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Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes E · G · A♯

How to play it

D° fingering positions

Baritone (DGBE) · 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).

D Diminished guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 5 3) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 8 x) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 8 9) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 12) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 14 12) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

D° 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 guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 8 x) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 8 9) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 12) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 1

D Diminished guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 14 12) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 1

Sound

How D° sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6

Same notes asDm♭5

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