Guitar · Diminished chord

C#dimC# Diminished

  • Key: D Major
  • Easy
  • Popular

C#dim is the C# diminished chord on guitar, made of the notes C# · E · G.

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Other positions

Notes

  • C#
  • E
  • G

Structure

  1. 1
  2. ♭3
  3. ♭5
Sound
Diminished
Unstable, dramatic
Harmonic function
Dominant
Creates tension that resolves to the tonic.

Harmonic field of D Major

DegreeChordFunction
IDTonic
iiEmSubdominant
iiiF#mTonic relative
IVGSubdominant
VADominant
viBmTonic relative
vii°C#dimDominant

How to play

  1. 1Place your index finger on fret 2 of string 4.
  2. 2Place your middle finger on fret 2 of string 2.
  3. 3Place your ring finger on fret 3 of string 1.
  4. 4Place your pinky on fret 4 of string 5.
  5. 5Don't play strings 6, 3.
  6. 6Strum from string 5 down.

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