Edim piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Edim is a diminished chord built from E, G, Bb. 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.

Edim

E · G · Bb

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 6

Two minor thirds stacked. Nothing sits still here; it is a chord that leads somewhere.

Inversions of Edim

  • Root position

    E · G · Bb · bass E

  • Inversion 1

    G · Bb · E · bass G

  • Inversion 2

    Bb · E · G · bass Bb

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 Edim

  • Fvii°

In F it does this job: IV – vii° – I

  1. Bb
  2. Edim
  3. F

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