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D♯ diminished guitar shapes
Popular fretboard positions with fingering suggestions
Showing 8 of 31 playable shapes
About the chord
D♯ diminished guitar chord
The D♯ diminished diminished chord is built from minor thirds, including a diminished fifth A, producing a tense, unstable sound. This dissonant, unresolved tension is commonly used for dramatic transitions, suspenseful moments, or eerie atmospheres in classical, jazz, and film music.
Root note: D♯
Quality: diminished
Chord tones: 3
Playable shapes: 31
Chord tones
D♯F♯A
Notes & Intervals
Each note below shows how the chord is built from its root. This is the theory layer underneath the fretboard shapes.
D♯ Unison (Root) 1
The root anchors the chord and defines its tonal center.
F♯ Minor Third ♭3
This note supplies the minor color and gives the chord its darker emotional pull.
A Diminished Fifth ♭5
The flattened fifth adds tension and a restless, unstable edge.
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