Guitar · Diminished chord

G#dimG# Diminished

  • Key: A Major
  • Easy
  • Popular

G#dim is the G# diminished chord on guitar, made of the notes G# · B · D.

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Other positions

Notes

  • G#
  • B
  • D

Structure

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

Harmonic field of A Major

DegreeChordFunction
IATonic
iiBmSubdominant
iiiC#mTonic relative
IVDSubdominant
VEDominant
viF#mTonic relative
vii°G#dimDominant

How to play

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

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