E diminished piano chord - Edim

The E diminished chord is a 3-note chord consisting of the notes E, G and Bb.
You can see these notes highlighted in the interactive piano chart below.
The chord itself is often abbreviated as Edim.

Interactive piano diagram for the E diminished chord

Piano keyboard displaying the E diminished chord with the notes FbEGA#Bb

Extended Chords

Chords that are a superset of Edim. The chords include more notes but always E, G and Bb.

Scales with Edim

Below you find all scales that include Edim:

  • minor blues
  • diminished
  • locrian
  • locrian pentatonic
  • super locrian pentatonic
  • altered
  • locrian #2
  • ultralocrian
  • locrian 6
  • dorian #4
  • lydian diminished
  • hungarian minor
  • hungarian major
  • flamenco
  • todi raga
  • lydian #9
  • bebop locrian
  • half-whole diminished
  • composite blues
  • messiaen's mode #3
  • messiaen's mode #7
  • chromatic

Related Topics

E diminished piano chord chart image

In case you prefer a non-interactive variant of the chord chart, we've embedded a PNG image below that shows the notes for the the Edim chord. Feel free to save or share the image as needed.

Piano chord chart for the E diminished chord (Edim). The notes E, G and Bb are highlighted.