What notes are in a Adim chord?

Adim is A, C, Eb: the 1, ♭3, ♭5 of A.

How do you play Adim on guitar?

5th String Root Diminished Triad: x 0 1 2 1 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Guitar chord · Diminished

Adim chord (A Diminished)

Tense, unstable triad built of two stacked minor 3rds.

Notes ACEb

Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5

Shapes 1 on this page

Adim chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, A.

5th String Root Diminished Triad x 0 1 2 1 x

Interactive chord diagram

Adim on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over Adim

These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Adim is the chord of the moment.

A Blues A Locrian A Altered A Half-Whole Diminished A Whole-Half Diminished A Hungarian Minor A Locrian Natural 2 A Locrian Natural 6 A Ukrainian Dorian A Lydian #2 A Ultralocrian A Dorian b5 A Lydian b3 A Lydian Augmented #2 A Locrian bb7 A Lydian #2 #6 A Hungarian Major

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Questions

What notes are in a Adim chord?: Adim is A, C, Eb: the 1, ♭3, ♭5 of A.
How do you play Adim on guitar?: 5th String Root Diminished Triad: x 0 1 2 1 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Adim?: Scales on A that contain every note of Adim: A Blues, A Locrian, A Altered, A Half-Whole Diminished, A Whole-Half Diminished, A Hungarian Minor.

Diminished chords in every key

Cdim C#dim Ddim Ebdim Edim Fdim F#dim Gdim Abdim Adim Bbdim Bdim