E Diminished Guitar Chord Charts & Variations

The Edim chord is made up of the Root, Minor Third, and diminished Fifth

The Edim chord is known as:

E Diminished
E Dim
E Diminished Triad
E Ø
Edim

The E Diminished chord is made up of the notes E, G, and Bb

There are three types of Diminished chords: diminished triads, half-diminished and diminished 7th chords.

Notes in the E dim chord:

EGBb

How the Diminished chord is built:

Guitar Patterns for the Edim chord

Chord boxes are sorted from the easiest to the hardest. Learn how to read chord diagrams.

If you have difficulties with bar chord shapes, check the Bar Chords Tips tutorial.

Position 1
Movable

Position 2
Open

Position 3
Movable

Position 4
Movable

Position 5
Open

Position 6
Movable

Position 7
Movable

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Create your E dim chord shapes

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!

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.

In the new ebook, Chords Domination, you'll find the fretboard tones maps for 44 different qualities of chords. Check it out:

Notes in the E dim chord:

How the Diminished chord is built:

Position 1Movable

Position 2Open

Position 3Movable

Position 4Movable

Position 5Open

Position 6Movable

Position 7Movable