Easy Ways To Play The Cdim7 Guitar Chord

C dim7 position 1 guitar chord diagram

The intervals that compose the C Diminished Seventh chord are Root, Minor Third, diminished Fifth, and Diminished Seventh

The C Diminished Seventh chord is spelled in the following ways:

  • C Diminished Seventh
  • C Dim
  • C Diminished 7
  • C O7
  • Cdim7

The notes of the C Diminished Seventh chord are C, Eb, Gb, and Bbb

Diminished 7th chords are composed of four stacked minor thirds intervals; so the tones are equidistant.

Notes of the C dim7 chord:

CEbGbBbb

Tones of the Diminished Seventh chord:

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b2
2
b3
3
4
b5
5
#5
bb7
b7
7

Guitar Patterns for the C Diminished Seventh chord

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Position 1
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C dim7 position 7 guitar chord diagram

Position 2
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C dim7 position 16 guitar chord diagram

Position 3
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C dim7 position 17 guitar chord diagram

Position 4
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C dim7 position 1 guitar chord diagram

Position 5
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C dim7 position 2 guitar chord diagram

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C dim7 position 3 guitar chord diagram

Position 7
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C dim7 position 4 guitar chord diagram

Position 8
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C dim7 position 6 guitar chord diagram

Position 9
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C dim7 position 8 guitar chord diagram

Position 10
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C dim7 position 9 guitar chord diagram

Position 11
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C dim7 position 10 guitar chord diagram

Position 12
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C dim7 position 11 guitar chord diagram

Position 13
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C dim7 position 12 guitar chord diagram

Position 14
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C dim7 position 13 guitar chord diagram

Position 15
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C dim7 position 14 guitar chord diagram

Position 16
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C dim7 position 15 guitar chord diagram

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Play This Chord With Other Roots

C dim7 | D dim7 | E dim7 | F dim7 | G dim7 | A dim7 | B dim7 | C#dim7 | D#dim7 | F#dim7 | G#dim7 | A#dim7

How to create your own C dim7 chord fingerings

Pick some of the tones from the fretboard map below and play this chord in new ways.

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b5
bb7
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