Fdim Guitar Chord

A tense, unstable chord demanding resolution. Often used as a passing chord between two more stable chords, for example between the I and ii chords.

Guitar

Strings X–X–3–4–X–4

How to play the Fdim chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–3–4–X–4 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted

5th string (A) Muted

4th string (D) Fret 3 · index finger

3rd string (G) Fret 4 · middle finger

2nd string (B) Muted

1st string (high E) Fret 4 · ring finger

Other names for the Fdim chord

Other names: F diminished, F°

Music theory name: diminished triad

Common name: F diminished chord

Notes and intervals in the Fdim chord

Note	Interval
F	Root
Ab	Minor 3rd
Cb	Diminished 5th

All variations

Open

X–X–3–4–X–4

Fret 6

X–8–6–X–6–7

Fret 8

X–8–9–10–9–X

Fret 11

13–11–X–13–12–X

Open

X–X–3–1–0–1

Songs using Fdim

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Elán

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Ivan Mládek

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Kamelot

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