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Bdim 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 X–1–2–3–2–X

How to play the Bdim chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–2–3–2–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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · little finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for Bdim chord

Other names: B diminished, B dim, B°

Music theory name: diminished triad

Common name: B diminished chord

Intervals and tones in Bdim chord

Note Interval
B Root
C# Minor 3rd
E Diminished 5th

All Variations

Open
X–1–2–3–2–X
Fret 4
6–4–X–6–5–X
Fret 8
X–X–8–9–X–9
Fret 11
X–13–11–X–11–12

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Bdim

Zatímco se koupeš
Jaromír Nohavica
It's My Life
Bon Jovi
Sám s nohami na stole
Peter Nagy
Robinson
Jaromír Nohavica
Mackie Messer
Miloš Kopecký
Motýl
Jiří Šlitr