Edim

E1G♭3B♭♭5

Two minor thirds stacked. The fifth is diminished, so it cannot be dropped without losing the chord.

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x431

easy

Fig. 3

9767

hard

Fig. 4

976x

easy

Fig. 5

9aca

hard

What is true of it

Edim is E, G and B♭ — 1, b3 and b5 counted from E.

The easiest of the 4 fingerings below is x431: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 6 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are E, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Edim/G

0401

second inversion

Edim/B♭

343x

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

E in other shapes

Emajor Emminor Eaugaugmented E5power chord Esus2suspended second Esus4suspended fourth

Cdim C♯dim D♭dim Ddim D♯dim E♭dim Fdim F♯dim all 374