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Guitar chord

G♯ diminished chord G#dim

A diminished chord: two minor thirds stacked, tense and unstable. It is mostly used to pass from one chord to another.

Its notes: G♯, B, and D.

Also written Abdim.

How to play it

  • index: fret 11, string 5
  • middle: fret 12, string 4
  • ring: fret 12, string 2
  • little finger: fret 13, string 3
  • Don't play: strings 6 and 1

On the dots: 1 = index, 2 = middle, 3 = ring, 4 = little finger. Strings go from 6 (low E) to 1 (high E).

G#dim
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Easier

No barre here: it is a movable shape, with no open strings, that slides along the neck without changing fingers. The same shape, higher or lower, gives the other chords of the same kind.

Same note, other chords

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