The A Flat Diminished Chord On The Piano – Charts & Fingering

How to play the A flat Diminished Chord on the piano

A flat Diminished Chord in root position

To play the Ab Diminished Chord on the piano, we need to determine the position of the right and left hands.

For the right hand, the thumb is placed on Ab the middle finger is positioned on the Cb and the little finger is used to press the Ebb note.

For the left hand, it’s more or less the reverse. The thumb should be set on Ebb the middle finger is placed on the Cb while the little finger is needed to press the Ab note.

A flat Diminished Chord inversions

First Inversion

To shift from the root position (Ab – Cb – Ebb) to the first inversion (Cb – Ebb – Ab) of the Ab Diminished Chord, follow these steps. For the right hand, move your thumb (1) to Cb, switch your index finger (2) to Ebb and extend your pinky (5) to Ab.

For the left hand, the move between (Ab – Cb – Ebb) and (Cb – Ebb – Ab) is similar, except that we’ll continue to use the middle finger instead of the index finger: the thumb moves from Ebb to Ab, the middle finger moves from Cb to Ebb and the little finger goes on Cb.

Second Inversion

The movement between the root position (Ab – Cb – Ebb) and the 2nd inversion (Ebb – Ab – Cb) of the Ab Diminished Chord follows the exact opposite logic. The highest note (Ebb) descends an octave.

Here for the right hand: move your thumb (1) to Ebb, switch your middle finger (3) to Ab and move your pinky (5) to Cb.

Here for the left hand: put your left thumb (1) to Cb, reposition your index finger (2) on Ab and set your little finger (5) to Ebb.