Ukulele · Diminished chord

C#dimC# Diminished

  • Key: D Major
  • Easy
  • Popular
  • Open chord

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

C#dim — C# Diminished · Ukulele12345614AECG

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 1 of string 3.
  2. 2Place your pinky on fret 4 of string 1.
  3. 3Let strings 4, 2 ring open.
  4. 4Strum all the strings.

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