C#° chord on Daruan – Fifths (C-G-D-A)

in Fifths (C-G-D-A) tuning

○✕12C#GE
C#°
Diminished
Notes:C# · E · G
easy
Piano Left hand Right hand
EGC#C#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
1 0 2 x1 – 2 –C# G E xeasy
4 0 5 41 – 3 2E G G C#easy
x 6 5 7– 2 1 3x C# G Emedium
7 6 x 72 1 – 3G C# x Eeasy
7 9 11 71 2 3 1G E C# Ehard · barre on fret 7
x 9 11 10– 1 3 2x E C# Gmedium
1 0 2 41 – 2 3C# G E C#medium
4 6 5 41 3 2 1E C# G C#medium · barre on fret 4
7 6 5 73 2 1 4G C# G Emedium
7 9 11 101 2 4 3G E C# Ghard
4 0 2 42 – 1 3E G E C#medium
4 0 x 41 – – 2E G x C#easy
7 0 11 71 – 3 2G G C# Ehard
x 0 2 4– – 1 2x G E C#medium
4 6 5 x1 3 2 –E C# G xmedium
7 9 11 x1 2 3 –G E C# xhard

The C#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes C#, E, G. Below are playable fingerings for Daruan – Fifths (C-G-D-A) 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 C#° chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10C#
♭33E
♭56G

More C# chords

Other roots

See C#° in another tuning

What notes make up the C#° chord?

C#° is a Diminished chord built from the notes C#, E, G.

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.