Chord

Ab Diminished 7

  • Abdim7
  • Abo7
  • Ab°7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Abm3Cbm3Ebbm3Gbb

Ab Diminished 7, written Abdim7, is built from Ab, Cb, Ebb and Gbb: the root, minor 3rd, flat 5th and diminished 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Cb and Gbb, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Diminished

    Ab Whole-Half

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    G# Altered Diminished

Voicings All 18