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Fdim Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play F Diminished (Charts)

Fdim chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as fdim chord, fdim guitar chord and how to play Fdim.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Fdim chord diagram, Open positionFdim Open position: low E fret 1, A fret 2, D fret 3, G fret 1, B open, high e muted.1342×1 2 3 1 0 x
Open position
1 2 3 1 0 x
Fdim chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionFdim Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 3, G fret 1, B open, high e fret 1.××312x x 3 1 0 1
Easy 4-string version
x x 3 1 0 1
Fdim chord diagram, Movable shape (1st fret)Fdim Movable shape (1st fret): low E fret 1, A fret 2, D fret 3, G fret 1, B muted, high e muted.1342××1 2 3 1 x x
Movable shape (1st fret)
1 2 3 1 x x

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Fdim (F diminished) on guitar, play 1 2 3 1 0 x from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains F, Ab, Cb. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 3 1 0 1, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Fdim chord facts

Chord Fdim (F diminished)
Other names F°, Fdim triad
Notes F, Ab, Cb
Intervals F (root), Ab (minor 3rd), Cb (diminished 5th)
Formula 1-b3-b5
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Fdim on guitar?

The main shape is 1 2 3 1 0 x (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the low E string at fret 1 (F, the root).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 1 (Ab, the minor 3rd).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the A string at fret 2 (Cb, the diminished 5th).
  5. Put your p