Home F# chords for guitar F#dim Guitar Chord

F#dim 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 degrees.

Guitar

Strings 2–0–X–2–1–X

How to play the F#dim chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 2–0–X–2–1–X 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) Fret 2 · middle finger
5th string (A) Play open
4th string (D) Do not play
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for F#dim chord

Other names: F# diminished, F# dim, F#°

Music theory name: diminished triad

Common name: F# diminished chord

Intervals and tones in F#dim chord

Note Interval
F# Root
A Minor 3rd
C Diminished 5th

All Variations

Open
2–0–X–2–1–X
Fret 4
X–X–4–5–X–5
Fret 7
X–9–7–X–7–8
Fret 9
X–9–10–11–10–X

Songs using F#dim