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Ebdim 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–X–1–2–X–2

How to play the Ebdim chord on guitar

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

Notation for Ebdim chord

Other names: Eb diminished, Eb dim, Eb°

Music theory name: diminished triad

Common name: Eb diminished chord

Intervals and tones in Ebdim chord

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

All Variations

Open
X–X–1–2–X–2
Fret 4
X–6–4–X–4–5
Fret 6
X–6–7–8–7–X
Fret 9
11–9–X–11–10–X

Songs using Ebdim