Abdim7 chord
Abdim7 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.
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Abdim7 is usually played as one of three movable shapes depending on the most fitting position on the fretboard. Abdim is equivalent to G#dim7.
Shown in the Fingerings diagram is a movable shape involving four strings and four fingers.
As shown in Notes diagram, four notes are played with the root as the bass note.
Notice that the diagram starts at the 6th fret rather than the 1st fret.
Short notation: XX6767.
Chord structure
The chord consists of four notes. The notes represent the root, minor third, diminished fifth and diminished seventh intervals.
Chord name
Abdim7 is an abbreviation for Ab diminished seventh. A shorter abbreviation sometimes used is Abº7.
Notes
The notes that the Abdim7 chord consists of are Ab, B, D and F.
Inversions
1st inversion: Abdim7/B (means that B is the bass note).
2nd inversion: Abdim7/D (means that D is the bass note).
3rd inversion: Abdim7/F (means that F is the bass note).
Chord progressions
G7 - Abdim7 - D7
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