Ddim chord on guitar

The D diminished chord, written Ddim, has 3 notes: D F Ab.

As tab, thick low E string first: xx0131, x53131. 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 Ddim

These keys have Ddim among their chords:

• Eb Major Scale (vii°)
• C Natural Minor scale (ii°)

Scales to play over Ddim

Each of these scales holds every note of the chord:

• D Locrian Mode
• D Blues Scale

Diminished Chord in other keys

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