Guitar chord · Diminished Major 7th
Ddim(maj7) chord (D Diminished Major 7th)
Diminished triad with a major 7th: tense and rare, built on a minor 3rd, a lowered 5th and a major 7th.
Notes DFAbC#
Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5 7
Shapes 3 on this page
Ddim(maj7) chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, D.
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
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Tap any note to hear it.
Scales to play over Ddim(maj7)
These scales start on D and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Ddim(maj7) is the chord of the moment.
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Questions
- What notes are in a Ddim(maj7) chord?
- Ddim(maj7) is D, F, Ab, C#: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, 7 of D.
- How do you play Ddim(maj7) on guitar?
- 6th String Root: 10 11 11 10 x x; 5th String Root: x 5 6 6 6 x; 4th String Root: x x 0 1 2 1 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Ddim(maj7)?
- Scales on D that contain every note of Ddim(maj7): D Whole-Half Diminished, D Hungarian Minor, D Lydian #2, D Lydian b3, D Lydian Augmented #2, D Lydian #2 #6.
Diminished Major 7th chords in every key
Cdim(maj7) C#dim(maj7) Ddim(maj7) Ebdim(maj7) Edim(maj7) Fdim(maj7) F#dim(maj7) Gdim(maj7) Abdim(maj7) Adim(maj7) Bbdim(maj7) Bdim(maj7)
More D chords
D Dm Ddim D5 D7 Dmaj7 Dm7 Dm(maj7) Dmaj9 D9 Dm9 Dm11 D6 Dm6 Dadd9 Dsus4 Dsus2 D7sus4 D7#9 Daug Dmaj7#5 Ddim7 Dm7b5 D7b9 D13 D6/9 D11 D9sus4 Dmadd9 Dadd11 Dm6/9 D7#5 D7b5 D7#11 Dmaj13 Dm13 Dmaj11 D9#11 Dmaj9#11 Dmaj7#11 Dm9b5 D7sus4b9 Dm(maj9) D9#5 D9b5 D7b5b9 D7#5b9 D7#5#9 D7b5#9 D7b13 D13b9 D13#11 Dm7#5 Dmaj7b5 Dmadd11