A Diminished Guitar Chord Adim
- Notes
- A C E♭
- Intervals
- 1 ♭3 ♭5
1 open grip and 12 triad shapes on four string sets, drawn exactly as Chord Lab draws them.
A diminished open-position shapes
One grip near the nut, using open strings.
Numbers above the strings are fingers; o is an open string and x is not played. The root is the white dot with a heavy red ring and red centre, or a red ring round an open string.
A diminished triads on every string set
A, C and E♭ as three-note triads: root position, 1st and 2nd inversion on each string set of three neighbouring strings, lowest set first.
Strings 4–6
Strings 3–5
Strings 2–4
Strings 1–3
What A diminished does in a key
Every key in which Adim is diatonic, with the scale degree it sits on.
- Major keys
- vii° in B♭ major
- Minor keys
- ii° in G minor; vii° in B♭ harmonic minor
Harmonic minor keys use the harmonic minor scale, with its raised 7th.
Where A diminished often goes next
- B♭ major chord vii° to I in B♭ major
- D major chord ii° to V in G harmonic minor
- B♭ minor chord vii° to i in B♭ harmonic minor
Other chords on A
Diminished chords in every key
Drop 2, Drop 3 and shell voicings in Chord Lab Pro
Drop 2, Drop 3, Drop 2+4, close and shell voicings of major 7, minor 7 and dominant 7 chords are in Chord Lab Pro.
