CHORD REFERENCE

D♯ Diminished

D♯ – F♯ – A1 b3 b5

The D♯ Diminished chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
D♯1F♯b3Ab5

D♯dim is D#, F#, A — the 1, b3 and b5 above the root D♯.

Piano
AD♯F♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♯AD♯BD♯F♯AGAD♯F♯DD♯F♯AAAD♯F♯AEF♯AD♯

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AAD♯F♯AEF♯AD♯CD♯F♯AGAD♯F♯

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only D#, F#, A plays the chord.

In which keys

D♯dim is a diatonic chord in these keys:

vii°E majorii°C♯ minor
Other D♯ chords

Triads

D♯MajorD♯mMinorD♯5Power Chord (5)D♯augAugmentedD♯sus2Suspended 2ndD♯sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

D♯6Major 6thD♯m6Minor 6thD♯7Dominant 7thD♯maj7Major 7thD♯m7Minor 7thD♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thD♯dim7Diminished 7thD♯m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)D♯7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

D♯7♭57♭5D♯7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)D♯7♭97♭9D♯7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

D♯add9Added 9thD♯6/96/9D♯9Dominant 9thD♯maj9Major 9thD♯m9Minor 9thD♯11Dominant 11thD♯13Dominant 13th
Diminished on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
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