Banjo Cdim chord (Open D)C diminished on the 5-string banjo: 1 0 3 1, and 6 more shapes

Cdim chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 1 0 3 1, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Cdim (C diminished) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 1 0 3 1, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 1 0 3 1 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): 1st fret, index finger, E♭
  2. String 3 (F♯): open, G♭
  3. String 2 (A): 3rd fret, ring finger, C
  4. String 1 (D): 1st fret, middle finger, E♭
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, G♭, in the chord

Sounds: E♭ G♭ C E♭  ·  Cdim is C, E♭, G♭ (1 · ♭3 · ♭5)

Found in: D♭ major (vii°), A♭ mixolydian (iii°), E♭ dorian (vi°), B♭ minor (ii°)

The 5th string: the short g♭ is the ♯4 of Cdim, so let it ring.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Cdim shapes

  1. 134g♭E♭G♭CG♭1 0 3 4
    open
  2. 431g♭G♭G♭CE♭4 0 3 1
    open
  3. 4fr1341g♭G♭CE♭G♭4 6 6 4
    4fr
  4. 6fr41g♭CG♭E♭10 0 6 x
    6fr
  5. 9fr2113g♭CE♭G♭C10 9 9 10
    9fr
  6. 12fr2143g♭E♭G♭CE♭13 12 15 13
    12fr

Other C chords in Open D

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other diminished chords

GdimAdimDdimCdimBdimEdimFdimB♭dim

Cdim in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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