G Dim Chord on Puerto Rican Cuatro

Play G Dim on Puerto Rican Cuatro: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The G Dim chord is a diminished chord built from stacked minor thirds, often used as a passing or leading chord. It is built from the notes G, A#, C#. This page shows how to play G Dim on Puerto Rican Cuatro with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The G string ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 4 over a 5-fret stretch. G falls on the B string. It sounds from A#3 up to G4.

Puerto Rican Cuatro is strung in five courses of two, the lower two paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on G or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.