Ddim piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory
Ddim is a diminished chord built from D, F, Ab. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.
Ddim
D · F · Ab
Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 6
Two minor thirds stacked. Nothing sits still here; it is a chord that leads somewhere.
Inversions of Ddim
Root position
D · F · Ab · bass D
Inversion 1
F · Ab · D · bass F
Inversion 2
Ab · D · F · bass Ab
Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.
Keys that contain Ddim
- Ebvii°
In Eb it does this job: IV – vii° – I
- Ab
- Ddim
- Eb