Dim & aug familyvii°7 in F harmonic minor
E diminished seventh chord
Edim7E diminished seventh
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- ♭5
- 𝄫7
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 2
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 2 at fret 2.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- E1
- ♭2
- 2
- G♭3
- 3
- 4
- B♭♭5
- 5
- ♯5
- D♭𝄫7
- ♭7
- 7
- E Root
- G Minor 3rd
- B♭ Diminished 5th
- D♭ Diminished 7th
About this chord
What is an E diminished seventh chord?
Edim7 is built from 4 notes: E (the root), G (the ♭3), B♭ (the ♭5), D♭ (the 𝄫7). Symmetrical stacked minor thirds: dramatic, silent-film suspense.
- Notes
- E · G · B♭ · D♭
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 𝄫7
- Also written
- E°7 · Eo7
- Found in
- vii°7 in F harmonic minor
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