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Gdim Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play G Diminished (Charts)

Gdim chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as gdim chord, gdim guitar chord and how to play Gdim.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Gdim chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionGdim Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 5, G fret 3, B fret 2, high e fret 3.××4213x x 5 3 2 3
Easy 4-string version
x x 5 3 2 3
Gdim chord diagram, Movable shape (3rd fret)Gdim Movable shape (3rd fret): low E fret 3, A fret 4, D fret 5, G fret 3, B muted, high e muted.1342××3 4 5 3 x x
Movable shape (3rd fret)
3 4 5 3 x x
Gdim chord diagram, Movable shape (5th fret)Gdim Movable shape (5th fret): low E muted, A muted, D fret 5, G fret 6, B fret 8, high e fret 6.5fr××1243x x 5 6 8 6
Movable shape (5th fret)
x x 5 6 8 6

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Gdim (G diminished) on guitar, play x x 5 3 2 3 from the low E string to the high e string (the easy 4-string version shape). The chord contains G, Bb, Db. If that is hard, use the easier shape 3 4 5 3 x x, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Gdim chord facts

Chord Gdim (G diminished)
Other names G°, Gdim triad
Notes G, Bb, Db
Intervals G (root), Bb (minor 3rd), Db (diminished 5th)
Formula 1-b3-b5
Difficulty Intermediate (barre or stretch)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Gdim on guitar?

The main shape is x x 5 3 2 3 (Easy 4-string version). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the B string at fret 2 (Db, the diminished 5th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 3 (Bb, the minor 3rd).