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C#dim 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–4–2–X–2–3

How to play the C#dim chord on guitar

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

Notation for C#dim chord

Other names: C# diminished, C# dim, C#°

Music theory name: diminished triad

Common name: C# diminished chord

Intervals and tones in C#dim chord

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

All Variations

Open
X–4–2–X–2–3
Fret 4
X–4–5–6–5–X
Fret 7
9–7–X–9–8–X
Fret 11
X–X–11–12–X–12

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