Bdim chord

The Bdim chord (B diminished) on a piano: the notes, every inversion and the keys it belongs to. Tap play to hear it, and download it as MIDI.

B1Db3Fb5

About the diminished chord

The root, a minor third and a diminished fifth. Tense and unstable, mostly used as a passing chord.

Formula: 1 b3 b5. Used in: Film music, classical, jazz, and as a step between two chords.

Tap an inversion to hear it. Inversions keep the same notes in a different order, which lets chords move smoothly from one to the next.

Bdim is the VII chord in C major and II chord in A minor.

It also appears in D Dorian (VI), E Phrygian (V), F Lydian (IV), G Mixolydian (III).

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B, D, F.

1 b3 b5. The root, a minor third and a diminished fifth. Tense and unstable, mostly used as a passing chord.

Bdim is a chord in C major (VII), A minor (II).