A Diminished chord — DADGAD
3 voicings · DADGAD
Tuning:DADGAD
Open position
1 / 3
Chord tones
A
R
C
+3
D#
+6
A Diminished in other tunings
Diminished in other keys — DADGAD
A Diminished in DADGAD — video lessons
About A Diminished in DADGAD
The A Diminished chord contains the notes A, C, D#. In DADGAD tuning (strings: D–A–D–G–A–D), the chord shapes differ from standard tuning because the open string pitches change. DADGAD is popular in Celtic and folk guitar — the open strings form a Dsus4 chord. Diagrams above show all playable shapes in this tuning.