Cdim Piano Chord
The Cdim chord is a diminished triad built on the root note C. It contains the notes C, D#, F#.
DANCE OF THE SUGAR
PLUM FAIRY, Pentatonix
C
DANCE OF THE SUGAR
PLUM FAIRY
Pentatonix
Medium C# · ♩=160· 41 chords
THE GODFATHER TARANTELLA, Carmen Coppola
C
THE GODFATHER TARANTELLA
Carmen Coppola
Easy C · ♩=99· 16 chords
HEAVEN IS
TEN ZILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY, Stevie Wonder
F
HEAVEN IS
TEN ZILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY
Stevie Wonder
Medium F · ♩=100· 23 chords
I'D WANT IT TO BE YOU, Barbara Streisand
E
I'D WANT IT TO BE YOU
Barbara Streisand
Easy Eb · ♩=72· 28 chords
How to play Cdim
Press all highlighted keys together. Use any comfortable fingering — for a right-hand triad, thumb on root, middle on 3rd, pinky on 5th is standard.
Chord theory
- Root note
- C
- Quality
- Diminished triad
- Notes (intervals)
- C (Root), D# (m3), F# (TT)
- Number of notes
- 3
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