Cdim chord on guitar

The C diminished chord, written Cdim, has 3 notes: C Eb Gb.

As tab, thick low E string first: x31xx2, x31512. Numbers in the dots are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little, T thumb. × marks a muted string and ○ an open one.

About the Diminished Chord

A diminished chord is a root, a minor third and a flat fifth. It sounds tense and wants to move on. More about the Diminished Chord.

Keys with Cdim

These keys have Cdim among their chords:

• Db Major Scale (vii°)
• Bb Natural Minor scale (ii°)

Scales to play over Cdim

Each of these scales holds every note of the chord:

• C Locrian Mode
• C Blues Scale

Diminished Chord in other keys

• C#dim
• Ddim
• Ebdim
• Edim
• Fdim
• F#dim
• Gdim
• G#dim
• Adim
• Bbdim
• Bdim