B° chord on 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE)

in Chicago (DGBE) tuning

✕321BDF
B°
Diminished
Notes:B · D · F
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
BBBDF
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x 4 3 1– 3 2 1x B D Fmedium
3 4 3 x1 2 1 –F B D xeasy · barre on fret 3
0 4 6 x– 1 2 –D B F xmedium
9 7 6 74 2 1 3B D F Bmedium
0 10 0 7– 2 – 1D F B Bmedium
9 10 0 101 2 – 3B F B Deasy
x 10 0 10– 1 – 2x F B Deasy
0 x 0 1– – – 1D x B Feasy
3 4 3 71 2 1 3F B D Bhard · barre on fret 3
0 4 6 7– 1 2 3D B F Bmedium
9 7 6 x3 2 1 –B D F xmedium
0 10 x 7– 2 – 1D F x Bhard
9 10 12 101 2 4 3B F B Dmedium
12 10 0 103 1 – 2D F B Dmedium
0 4 0 1– 2 – 1D B B Fmedium
3 7 3 71 2 1 3F D D Bhard · barre on fret 3

The B° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes B, D, F. Below are playable fingerings for 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE) generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the B° chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10B
♭33D
♭56F

More B chords

Other roots

See B° in another tuning

What notes make up the B° chord?

B° is a Diminished chord built from the notes B, D, F.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.