B diminished Chord (Bdim) & B diminished 7th (Bdim7) on Piano & Guitar
A piano keyboard reference for the
B diminished chord, abbreviated as
Bdim or
B°.
The
B diminished triad
consists of the notes
B,
D
and
F. The 2 inversions to the B diminished triad are
D F B
and
F B D.
The
B diminished 7th chord, abbreviated as
Bdim7 or
B°7, has the notes
B,
D,
F
and
A♭. The
3 inversions to the B diminished 7th chord are
D F A♭ B,
F A♭ B D
and
A♭ B D F.
The intervals of the
B diminished chord
are the
root (B) ,
minor third (D)
and
diminished fifth (F). With the
B diminished 7th chord, there's an additional
diminished seventh (A♭).
🎸 You can also jump to
guitar chord diagrams for the
B diminished and B diminished7th chords in common positions on the
guitar fretboard. You'll find both open chords and/or barre chords.
B diminished Chord on Piano
⌨️ hint: use numbers 1 to 7 on a computer keyboard to trigger the chords and their inversions.
B diminished chord
notes: B D F
- B
- D
- F
B diminished 1st inversion
notes: D F B
- D
- F
- B
B diminished 2nd inversion
notes: F B D
- F
- B
- D
B diminished 7th chord
notes: B D F A♭
- B
- D
- F
- A♭
B diminished 7th 1st inversion
notes: D F A♭ B
- D
- F
- A♭
- B
B diminished 7th 2nd inversion
notes: F A♭ B D
- F
- A♭
- B
- D
B diminished 7th 3rd inversion
notes: A♭ B D F
- A♭
- B
- D
- F
🎸 B diminished Chord Guitar Diagrams
Below you'll find guitar chord diagrams for common chord positions of the B diminished chord and the B diminished 7th chord, along with finger positions or note names.
B diminished 7th Guitar Chords
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Major Chords
CmajC♯majD♭majDmajD♯majE♭majEmajFmajF♯majG♭majGmajG♯majA♭majAmajA♯majB♭majBmajMinor Chords
Cmin C♯min D♭minDminD♯minE♭minEminFminF♯minG♭minGminG♯minA♭minAminA♯minB♭minBminDiminished Chords
Cdim C♯dimDdimD♯dimE♭dimEdimFdimF♯dimGdimG♯dimAdimA♯dimB♭dimAugmented Chords
Caug C♯aug D♭augDaugD♯augE♭augEaugFaugF♯augG♭augGaugG♯augA♭augAaugA♯augB♭augBaugDominant 7th and 9th Chords
C7D7E7F7G7A7B7 C♯7E♭7F♯7A♭7B♭7C9D9E9F9G9A9B9 C♯9E♭9F♯9A♭9B♭9Suspended Chords
CsusDsusEsusFsusGsusAsusBsus C♯susD♯susF♯susG♯susA♯susPiano Samples
The piano samples used for this B diminished chord reference are from “ Salamander Grand Piano V3 ” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.