Major Chord 1 3 5 Minor Chord 1 3b 5 Seventh Chord 1 3 5 7b Minor Seventh Chord 1 3b 5 7b Major Seven Chord 1 3 5 7 Augmented Chord 1 3b 5# → Dimished Chord 1 3b 5b 6 Diminished Chords involve playing a 1, flatted 3rd, flatted 5th, added 6. This [...]

Position 1 Fdim chord Fingering Position 1 Fdim chord Notes Start by playing the F chord in Position 1 represented by the faded 1 3 5 1 notes. To build the diminished chord we must flat the 3rd, flat the 5th, and add a 6. To play the 1 3b 5b 6. we leave the [...]

Position 2 Bdim chord Fingering Position 2 Bdim chord Notes We start with a B chord in Position 2 in which we play 5 1 3 5. According to the diminished chord rule we need to play 1 3b 5b 6. Locate the 1 or name root. The root note is B on the G [...]

Position 3 Ddim chord Notes For the D chord from Position 3 in we play 3 5 1 3. To ‘play by the rules’ we need 1 3b 5b 6 for the diminished chord. Let’s flat the 3 on the D string, play a 6 by raising our 5 two half steps on the G [...]

The diminished chord has many of the same characteristics as the augmented chord. For example, diminished chord is the same chord every third fret ascending the neck of the guitar where as the augment chord is the same chord every fourth fret ascending the neck. Also, the diminished chord can have different names depending on [...]