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Bdim chord on piano

B diminished: B · D · F. It sounds tense and unstable: it exists to move somewhere else.

NotesB D F Built fromroot + minor 3rd + diminished 5th
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On the keyboard

DFBDFB

Fingering

Right hand, root position: B — finger 1 · D — finger 3 · F — finger 5. (1 = thumb, 5 = little finger.)

Inversions

The same notes in a different order. Inversions are how players move between chords without jumping:

Songs that use Bdim

BrahmsHungarian Dance No. 1 G minor · Intermediate ChopinMazurka Op. 68 No. 4 F minor · Advanced J.S. BachJ.S. Partita No.3 1. Fantasia BWV 827 A minor · Beginner J.S. BachPrelude BWV 1006 C major · Intermediate J.S. BachBWV 807: The English Suites II Prelude A minor · Advanced J.S. BachJohann Sebastian - Praeludium 1 in C Dur - BWV C major · Intermediate

B chords of every quality

BBmB7Bmaj7Bm7B6Bm6BdimBdim7BaugBsus2Bsus4Badd9B9

Every diminished chord

CdimC♯dimDdimE♭dimEdimFdimF♯dimGdimG♯dimAdimB♭dimBdim

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