Diminished chords
The diminished chord is written dim or °.
Learn more about diminished chordsOn 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
Root spelling
Pick a root to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C° chord piano guitar
- D flat Db° chord piano guitar
- D D° chord piano guitar
- E flat Eb° chord piano guitar
- E E° chord piano guitar
- F F° chord piano guitar
- G flat Gb° chord piano guitar
- G G° chord piano guitar
- A flat Ab° chord piano guitar
- A A° chord piano guitar
- B flat Bb° chord piano guitar
- B B° chord piano guitar
