What notes are in a Abdim chord?

Abdim is Ab, Cb, D: the 1, ♭3, ♭5 of Ab.

How do you play Abdim on guitar?

5th String Root Diminished Triad: x 11 12 13 12 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Guitar chord · Diminished

Abdim chord (Ab Diminished)

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

Notes AbCbD

Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5

Shapes 1 on this page

Abdim chord shapes

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

5th String Root Diminished Triad x 11 12 13 12 x

Interactive chord diagram

Abdim 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 Abdim

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

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

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Questions

What notes are in a Abdim chord?: Abdim is Ab, Cb, D: the 1, ♭3, ♭5 of Ab.
How do you play Abdim on guitar?: 5th String Root Diminished Triad: x 11 12 13 12 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Abdim?: Scales on Ab that contain every note of Abdim: Ab Blues, Ab Locrian, Ab Altered, Ab Half-Whole Diminished, Ab Whole-Half Diminished, Ab Hungarian Minor.

Diminished chords in every key

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