A diminished chord

Notes: A C D#

A-diminished

A-diminished7

A-dominant7th

A-dominant9th

A-m7b5

A-JimiHendrix

A-power

A diminished chord schema

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_:|_____|_____|_____|_____|__A__|_____|_____|__C__|_____|_____|__D#_|_____|
_:|__C__|_____|_____|__D#_|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|__A__|_____|_____|
_:|_____|__A__|_____|_____|__C__|_____|_____|__D#_|_____|_____|_____|_____|
_:|__D#_|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|__A__|_____|_____|__C__|_____|_____|
A:|_____|_____|__C__|_____|_____|__D#_|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|__A__|
_:|_____|_____|_____|_____|__A__|_____|_____|__C__|_____|_____|__D#_|_____|
  
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A diminished Chord fingering

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Root note A

Diminished chord

A A diminished triad occurs in a major scale only on the seventh scale degree

A diminished chord shape

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