E Diminished Guitar Chord Lesson

Learn how to play E Diminished Guitar Chord (also known as Edim) with this free guitar chord lesson.

The Edim guitar chord is found by locating the 1, b3 and b5  (E, G and Bb) positions of the E Major Scale : E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, and D#.  The “b3” symbol means that we take the 3rd step of the E Major Scale and flatten it by a half step to arrive at our “G”.  The b5 symbol means that we take the 5th step of the E Major Scale and flatten it by 1 half step to arrive at our “Bb”.

 

The chord chart below demonstrates how to play the E Diminished Guitar Chord.

Here is a key that will help you read the chart:

Guitar Chord Chart Key

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