Abdim Guitar Chord

A tense, unstable chord demanding resolution. Often used as a passing chord between two more stable chords, for example between the I and II degrees.

Guitar

Strings 4–2–X–4–3–X

How to play the Abdim chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–2–X–4–3–X from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 4 · ring finger

5th string (A) Fret 2 · index finger

4th string (D) Do not play

3rd string (G) Fret 4 · little finger

2nd string (B) Fret 3 · middle finger

1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for Abdim chord

Other names: Ab diminished, Ab dim, Ab°

Music theory name: diminished triad

Common name: Ab diminished chord

Intervals and tones in Abdim chord

Note	Interval
Ab	Root
H	Minor 3rd
D	Diminished 5th

All Variations

Open

4–2–X–4–3–X

Fret 6

X–X–6–7–X–7

Fret 9

X–11–9–X–9–10

Fret 11

X–11–12–13–12–X

Songs using Abdim

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Ivan Mládek

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