C♯ diminished (C♯dim)

C♯Root

Emin 3

GTritone

Tense and unstable. Used as a passing chord or to create dramatic tension. Common in jazz and classical music.

Notes: C♯EG
Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
Type: Diminished triad

How to play it

C♯dim

C♯ diminished, Open

Bass: C♯, the root
Root: C♯
Strings: A D G B e · open

C♯Root
Em3
GTT

Up the neck

6 voicings, same three notes

Why it sounds diminished

C♯+3 fretsE+3 fretsG

Stacked from 2 intervals. Compare with C♯m →

Where to go next

Other Dim chords

Same quality, every root

Cdim C♯dim Ddim E♭dim Edim Fdim F♯dim Gdim A♭dim Adim B♭dim Bdim

How to play it

C♯dim

C♯ diminished, Open

Bass: C♯, the root
Root: C♯
Strings: A D G B e · open

C♯Root
Em3
GTT

Up the neck

6 voicings, same three notes

Where to go next

Other Dim chords

Same quality, every root

Cdim C♯dim Ddim E♭dim Edim Fdim F♯dim Gdim A♭dim Adim B♭dim Bdim

C♯ diminished (C♯dim)

C♯Root

Emin 3

GTritone

Tense and unstable. Used as a passing chord or to create dramatic tension. Common in jazz and classical music.

Notes: C♯EG
Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
Type: Diminished triad

How to play it

C♯dim

C♯ diminished, Open

Bass: C♯, the root
Root: C♯
Strings: A D G B e · open

C♯Root
Em3
GTT

Up the neck

6 voicings, same three notes

Why it sounds diminished

C♯+3 fretsE+3 fretsG

Stacked from 2 intervals. Compare with C♯m →

Where to go next

Other Dim chords

Same quality, every root

Cdim C♯dim Ddim E♭dim Edim Fdim F♯dim Gdim A♭dim Adim B♭dim Bdim

How to play it

C♯dim

C♯ diminished, Open

Bass: C♯, the root
Root: C♯
Strings: A D G B e · open

C♯Root
Em3
GTT

Up the neck

6 voicings, same three notes

Where to go next

Other Dim chords

Same quality, every root

Cdim C♯dim Ddim E♭dim Edim Fdim F♯dim Gdim A♭dim Adim B♭dim Bdim