Guitar chord · Sevenths
D♭ diminished 7th chord on guitar
9-10-11-9-11-9 · Barre · 9th fret
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play D♭dim7 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Symmetrical and very tense — every note is a minor 3rd apart.
D♭dim7 is the vii°7 chord in D minor.
- Notes
- D♭F♭A𝄫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 · Barre · 9th fret
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 6 strings at the 9th fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 9th fret, held by the barre D♭
- 5th string (A): 10th fret, middle finger (2) A𝄫
- 4th string (D): 11th fret, ring finger (3) D♭
- 3rd string (G): 9th fret, held by the barre F♭
- 2nd string (B): 11th fret, pinky finger (4) C𝄫
- 1st string (high E): 9th fret, held by the barre D♭
Tablature
e|--9---| B|--11--| G|--9---| D|--11--| A|--10--| E|--9---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every D♭dim7 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 D♭dim7 on guitar
There’s no open-string way to play D♭dim7 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 9th fret (9-10-11-9-11-9).
Notice the F♭ in D♭dim7 (D♭ F♭ A𝄫 C𝄫): each note of the chord takes its own letter (D–F–A–C), so the minor 3rd has to be written F♭ rather than E — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
