How to Play a Abdim7 Chord on Guitar – Easy Ab Diminished Seventh Guitar Chord

This chord is composed of the Root, Minor Third, diminished Fifth, and Diminished Seventh

Different notations for the Abdim7 chord:

Ab Diminished Seventh
Ab Dim
Ab Diminished 7
Ab O7
Abdim7

The Abdim7 chord is made up of the notes Ab, Cb, Ebb, and Gbb

Notes of the Ab dim7 chord:

AbCbEbbGbb

Tones in the Diminished Seventh chord:

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Abdim7 Guitar Chord Shapes

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How to construct the Ab dim7 chord on guitar

You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below. Some shapes will sound good, some less, let your ears decide!

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These maps show you the tones in a chord all along the fretboard. They are incredibly helpful because allow you to:

Create new voicings on the fly, across all the neck
Improvise targeting the right notes
Unlock the fretboard and expand the CAGED system.

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Notes of the Ab dim7 chord:

Tones in the Diminished Seventh chord:

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