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Cdim 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–3–1–X–1–2

How to play the Cdim chord on guitar

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

Notation for Cdim chord

Other names: C diminished, C dim, C°

Music theory name: diminished triad

Common name: C diminished chord

Intervals and tones in Cdim chord

Note Interval
C Root
Eb Minor 3rd
F# Diminished 5th

All Variations

Open
X–3–1–X–1–2
Fret 3
X–3–4–5–4–X
Fret 6
8–6–X–8–7–X
Fret 10
X–X–10–11–X–11

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Cdim

Petěrburg
Jaromír Nohavica
Elektrický valčík
Jaroslav Uhlíř, Zdeněk Svěrák
Duj duj duj
Buty
Už tě jiný hladí
Jiří Krhut
Klokočí
Jiří Suchý
Takový schody do nebe
Karel Kopecký
It Won't Be Like This For Long
Darius Rucker
Novorozeně
Jaromír Nohavica
Strach
Jaromír Nohavica
Motýl
Jiří Šlitr