F#° chord on 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE)

in Chicago (DGBE) tuning

4213F#ACF#
F#°
Diminished
Notes:F# · A · C
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
ACF#F#F#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
4 2 1 24 2 1 3F# A C F#medium
4 5 7 51 2 4 3F# C F# Amedium
7 5 7 52 1 3 1A C F# Amedium · barre on fret 5
7 11 7 81 3 1 2A F# F# Chard · barre on fret 7
x 11 10 8– 3 2 1x F# A Cmedium
10 11 10 x1 2 1 –C F# A xeasy · barre on fret 10
4 2 1 x3 2 1 –F# A C xmedium
4 5 x 51 2 – 3F# C x Aeasy
x 5 7 5– 1 2 1x C F# Amedium · barre on fret 5
7 x 7 81 – 2 3A x F# Ceasy
10 11 10 82 4 3 1C F# A Cmedium
4 2 1 53 2 1 4F# A C Ahard
7 5 7 x2 1 3 –A C F# xmedium
7 11 10 81 4 3 2A F# A Chard
4 5 1 52 3 1 4F# C C Ahard
7 5 7 82 1 3 4A C F# Cmedium

The F#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes F#, A, C. Below are playable fingerings for 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE) generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the F#° chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10F#
♭33A
♭56C

More F# chords

Other roots

See F#° in another tuning

What notes make up the F#° chord?

F#° is a Diminished chord built from the notes F#, A, C.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.