What notes are in a Adim7 chord?

Adim7 is A, C, Eb, Gb: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, 𝄫7 of A.

How do you play Adim7 on guitar?

Symmetrical Dim7 Voicing: x 12 13 11 13 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Guitar chord · Diminished 7th

Adim7 chord (A Diminished 7th)

Symmetrical diminished chord for cinematic tension and neoclassical transitions.

Notes ACEbGb

Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5 𝄫7

Shapes 1 on this page

Adim7 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.

Symmetrical Dim7 Voicing x 12 13 11 13 x

Interactive chord diagram

Adim7 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 Adim7

These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Adim7 is the chord of the moment.

A Half-Whole Diminished A Whole-Half Diminished 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 Hungarian Major

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Questions

What notes are in a Adim7 chord?: Adim7 is A, C, Eb, Gb: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, 𝄫7 of A.
How do you play Adim7 on guitar?: Symmetrical Dim7 Voicing: x 12 13 11 13 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Adim7?: Scales on A that contain every note of Adim7: A Half-Whole Diminished, A Whole-Half Diminished, A Locrian Natural 6, A Ukrainian Dorian, A Lydian #2, A Ultralocrian.

Diminished 7th chords in every key

Cdim7 C#dim7 Ddim7 Ebdim7 Edim7 Fdim7 F#dim7 Gdim7 Abdim7 Adim7 Bbdim7 Bdim7