Dim & aug familyvii° in E♭ major
D diminished chord
DdimD diminished
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- ♭5
Guitar standard tuning
Open chord
Uses open strings, no barre.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D1
- ♭2
- 2
- F♭3
- 3
- 4
- A♭♭5
- 5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- D Root
- F Minor 3rd
- A♭ Diminished 5th
About this chord
What is a D diminished chord?
Ddim is built from 3 notes: D (the root), F (the ♭3), A♭ (the ♭5). Two minor thirds: tight, tense and unstable.
- Notes
- D · F · A♭
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
- Also written
- D° · Do
- Found in
- vii° in E♭ major · ii° in C minor · vii° in E♭ harmonic minor
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