Guitar chord · Triads
G♭ diminished chord on guitar
20x212 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play G♭dim on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Tense and unstable — it usually wants to resolve up by a half step.
G♭dim is the vii° chord in G major. In minor keys: ii° in E minor.
- Notes
- G♭B𝄫D𝄫
- Formula
- 1♭3♭5
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · diminished 5th
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): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) G♭
- 5th string (A): play open B𝄫
- 4th string (D): don’t play — mute it
- 3rd string (G): 2nd fret, ring finger (3) B𝄫
- 2nd string (B): 1st fret, index finger (1) D𝄫
- 1st string (high E): 2nd fret, pinky finger (4) G♭
Tablature
e|--2---| B|--1---| G|--2---| D|--x---| A|--0---| E|--2---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every G♭dim 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 G♭dim on guitar
On guitar, G♭dim has an open-position shape, 20x212, using four fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the D string.
Notice the B𝄫 in G♭dim (G♭ B𝄫 D𝄫): each note of the chord takes its own letter (G–B–D), so the minor 3rd has to be written B𝄫 rather than A — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
