Diminished chords
The diminished chord is written dim or °.
Learn moreOn chord charts, dim and ° often mean the four-note diminished seventh chord. The related m7♭5 is called half-diminished.
- Intervals
- The intervals are a minor third and a diminished fifth.
- Formula
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Degrees 1 ♭3 ♭5 Semitones 0-3-6 - Also called
- diminished triad.
Diminished chords on all 12 roots
Pick a root to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C diminished chord piano guitar
- C sharp C sharp diminished chord piano guitar
- D D diminished chord piano guitar
- E flat E flat diminished chord piano guitar
- E E diminished chord piano guitar
- F F diminished chord piano guitar
- F sharp F sharp diminished chord piano guitar
- G G diminished chord piano guitar
- A flat A flat diminished chord piano guitar
- A A diminished chord piano guitar
- B flat B flat diminished chord piano guitar
- B B diminished chord piano guitar
