Edim chord on guitar

The E diminished chord, written Edim, has 3 notes: E G Bb.

As tab, thick low E string first: 0120xx, 012353. 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 Edim

These keys have Edim among their chords:

• F Major Scale (vii°)
• D Natural Minor scale (ii°)

Scales to play over Edim

Each of these scales holds every note of the chord:

• E Locrian Mode
• E Blues Scale

Diminished Chord in other keys

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