Guitar · Diminished chord

GdimG Diminished

  • Key: G# Major
  • Easy
  • Popular

Gdim is the G diminished chord on guitar, made of the notes G · A# · C#.

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Other positions

Notes

  • G
  • A#
  • C#

Structure

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

Harmonic field of G# Major

DegreeChordFunction
IG#Tonic
iiA#mSubdominant
iiiCmTonic relative
IVC#Subdominant
VD#Dominant
viFmTonic relative
vii°GdimDominant

How to play

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

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