Guitar chord · Sevenths
D diminished 7th chord on guitar
xx0101 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play Ddim7 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Symmetrical and very tense — every note is a minor 3rd apart.
Ddim7 is the vii°7 chord in E♭ minor.
- Notes
- DFA♭C♭
- 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): don’t play — mute it
- 4th string (D): play open D
- 3rd string (G): 1st fret, index finger (1) A♭
- 2nd string (B): play open C♭
- 1st string (high E): 1st fret, middle finger (2) F
Tablature
e|--1---| B|--0---| G|--1---| D|--0---| A|--x---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every Ddim7 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 Ddim7 on guitar
On guitar, Ddim7 is one of the friendlier shapes: xx0101 needs just two fingers and lets the open strings ring. Don’t strum the low E and A strings.
Notice the C♭ in Ddim7 (D F A♭ C♭): each note of the chord takes its own letter (D–F–A–C), so the diminished 7th has to be written C♭ rather than B — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
