Ebdim chord on guitar

The Eb diminished chord, written Ebdim, has 3 notes: Eb Gb A. The root Eb is also written D#, so D#dim is the same chord.

As tab, thick low E string first: xx1242, x64242. 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 Ebdim

These keys have Ebdim among their chords:

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

Scales to play over Ebdim

Each of these scales holds every note of the chord:

• Eb Locrian Mode
• Eb Blues Scale

Diminished Chord in other keys

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