Diminished Triad Chord

🎵 An unstable and fragile sounding triad (root, b3, b5). It creates a sense of unease or transition. Use it most commonly as a passing chord between two chords a step apart (e.g., C to Dm via C#dim) or as a leading-tone chord to a minor key (vii° to i). Feels sad, tense, or dramatic.

Also abbreviated as: dim°o

With all 3 notes and C as bass, it is also: CdimC°

Contains intervals: 1P3m5d