D#° chord on 6-String Guitar – Drop D

in Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) tuning

○✕1234D#AD#AF#
D#°
Diminished
Notes:D# · F# · A
hard
Piano Left hand Right hand
AD#D#D#F#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
1 0 1 2 x 21 – 2 3 – 4D# A D# A x F#hard
x 6 4 2 4 2– 4 2 1 3 1x D# F# A D# F#hard · barre on fret 2
x 6 4 8 4 5– 3 1 4 1 2x D# F# D# D# Ahard · barre on fret 4
x x x 8 7 5– – – 3 2 1x x x D# F# Amedium
x 6 7 8 7 x– 1 2 4 3 –x D# A D# F# xmedium
7 9 7 8 7 x1 3 1 2 1 –A F# A D# F# xmedium · barre on fret 7
x 9 x 8 10 x– 2 – 1 3 –x F# x D# A xhard
x 9 x 11 10 11– 1 – 3 2 4x F# x F# A D#hard
x x x 11 10 11– – – 2 1 3x x x F# A D#easy
x 0 x 11 x 11– – – 1 – 2x A x F# x D#easy
1 0 4 2 4 x1 – 3 2 4 –D# A F# A D# xmedium
x 6 4 2 4 x– 4 2 1 3 –x D# F# A D# xhard
x 6 4 x 4 5– 4 1 – 2 3x D# F# x D# Ahard
x 6 7 x 7 5– 2 3 – 4 1x D# A x F# Ahard
x 6 7 x 7 x– 1 2 – 3 –x D# A x F# xeasy
x 0 7 8 7 x– – 1 2 1 –x A A D# F# xeasy · barre on fret 7

The D#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes D#, F#, A. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Drop D 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.