Guitar chord · Sevenths
B diminished 7th chord on guitar
x20101 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play Bdim7 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Symmetrical and very tense — every note is a minor 3rd apart.
Bdim7 is the vii°7 chord in C minor.
- Notes
- BDFA♭
- Formula
- 1♭3♭5𝄫7
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · diminished 5th · diminished 7th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): 2nd fret, ring finger (3) B
- 4th string (D): play open D
- 3rd string (G): 1st fret, index finger (1) A♭
- 2nd string (B): play open B
- 1st string (high E): 1st fret, middle finger (2) F
Tablature
e|--1---| B|--0---| G|--1---| D|--0---| A|--2---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every Bdim7 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing Bdim7 on guitar
On guitar, Bdim7 has an open-position shape, x20101, using three fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E string.
