The C Sharp Diminished Chord On The Piano – Charts & Fingering

How to play the C sharp Diminished Chord on the piano

C sharp Diminished Chord in root position

To play the C sharp 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 C# the middle finger is positioned on the E while the little finger is used to press the G note.

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

C sharp Diminished Chord inversions

First Inversion

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

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

Second Inversion

The movement between the root position (C# – E – G) and the 2nd inversion (G – C# – E) of the C sharp Diminished Chord follows the exact opposite logic. The highest note (G) descends an octave.

Here for the right hand: move your thumb (1) to G, switch your middle finger (3) to C# and move your pinky (5) to E.

Here for the left hand: put your left thumb (1) to E, reposition your index finger (2) on C# and set your little finger (5) to G.