D#° chord on 5-String Banjo – G Minor (gDGBbD)

in G Minor (gDGBbD) (G-D-G-A#-D) tuning

✕1243D#AD#F#
D#°
Diminished
Notes:D# · F# · A
hard
Piano Left hand Right hand
AD#D#D#F#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x 1 2 5 4– 1 2 4 3x D# A D# F#hard
2 4 2 5 41 2 1 4 3A F# A D# F#medium · barre on fret 2
x 4 8 5 7– 1 4 2 3x F# D# D# Ahard
x x 8 8 7– – 2 3 1x x D# F# Aeasy
11 x 8 11 x2 – 1 3 –F# x D# A xhard
2 1 2 x 42 1 3 – 4A D# A x F#hard
2 4 2 5 x1 2 1 3 –A F# A D# xmedium · barre on fret 2
x 4 8 8 7– 1 3 4 2x F# D# F# Ahard
8 x 8 8 72 – 3 4 1D# x D# F# Ahard
8 x 11 11 x1 – 2 3 –D# x F# A xhard
x 1 2 x 4– 1 2 – 3x D# A x F#hard
x 4 2 5 4– 2 1 4 3x F# A D# F#medium
x 7 8 5 4– 3 4 2 1x A D# D# F#hard
8 7 8 8 72 1 3 4 1D# A D# F# Amedium · barre on fret 7
2 1 x 5 42 1 – 4 3A D# x D# F#hard
2 x x 5 41 – – 3 2A x x D# F#hard

The D#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes D#, F#, A. Below are playable fingerings for 5-String Banjo – G Minor (gDGBbD) 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 D#° chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10D#
♭33F#
♭56A

More D# chords

Other roots

See D#° in another tuning

What notes make up the D#° chord?

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

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.