Guitar · Diminished chord

D#dimD# Diminished

  • Key: E Major
  • Easy
  • Popular

D#dim is the D# diminished chord on guitar, made of the notes D# · F# · A.

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Other positions

Notes

  • D#
  • F#
  • A

Structure

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

Harmonic field of E Major

DegreeChordFunction
IETonic
iiF#mSubdominant
iiiG#mTonic relative
IVASubdominant
VBDominant
viC#mTonic relative
vii°D#dimDominant

How to play

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

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