Dim & aug familyvii° in C major
B diminished chord
BdimB diminished
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- ♭5
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 2
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B1
- ♭2
- 2
- D♭3
- 3
- 4
- F♭5
- 5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- B Root
- D Minor 3rd
- F Diminished 5th
About this chord
What is a B diminished chord?
Bdim is built from 3 notes: B (the root), D (the ♭3), F (the ♭5). Two minor thirds: tight, tense and unstable.
- Notes
- B · D · F
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
- Also written
- B° · Bo
- Found in
- vii° in C major · ii° in A minor · vii° in C harmonic minor
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