G Diminished Chord on Guitar

Also known as:
Gdim , Go

Here you can learn how to play G Diminished Chord on the Guitar. The G Diminished Chord has a diminished quality which is made by stacking minor Third intervals creating a minor Third, a diminished (lowered or flattened) Fifth that together produce a dark, tense sound. G Diminished Chord contains the notes G, B, D. The G Diminished Chord on Guitar is a Triad type chord which means it consists of only three notes, the Root G, the Third B, and the Fifth D.

Below you will find G Diminished Chord Diagrams for Guitar with finger positions for the Open Chords (if any), Moveable Chords, Barre Chords, and Triad shapes (again if applicable) of the G Diminished Chord, as well as the notes, notation, degrees, intervals, related scales and chords, and more.

Notes

G, B, D

Notation

Degrees

NoteNumberName
G1Tonic
B3Mediant
D5Dominant

Intervals

NotesSemitonesInterval
G > G0Perfect Unison (P1)
G > B3minor 3rd (m3)
G > D6Diminished 5th (d5 or Tritone)
Root
Third
Fifth
Seventh

G Diminished Open Chords

Open chord shapes for G Diminished Chord with the root in the bass.

1
T
2
4

G Diminished Barre Chords and Moveable Chords

Moveable and Barre chord shapes for G Diminished Chord with the root in the bass.

5
1
1
2
3
4
C Shape
9
1
2
3
4
A Shape
12
1
2
3
4
G Shape
1
1
2
3
4
E Shape
4
1
2
3
4
D Shape

G Diminished Triad Chords

Moveable triad chord shapes, including inversions, for G Diminished Chord across different groupings of strings.

G Diminished Chord on string group 1, 2, 3

8
1
3/2
4/3
Root Position
(A Shape)
1
1
2
3
1st Inversion
(E Shape)
5
1
1
3
2nd Inversion
(D Shape)

G Diminished Chord on string group 2, 3, 4

1
1
2
4
Root Position
(E Shape)
5
1
2/3
3/4
1st Inversion
(C Shape)
10
1
2/1
3/2
2nd Inversion
(A Shape)

G Diminished Chord on string group 3, 4, 5

5
1
2
4
Root Position
(C Shape)
10
1
2
3
1st Inversion
(G Shape)
2
1
2
3
2nd Inversion
(E Shape)

G Diminished Chord on string group 4, 5, 6

10
1
2
4
Root Position
(G Shape)
3
1
2
3
1st Inversion
(D Shape)
7
1
2
3
2nd Inversion
(C Shape)

Music Theory

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