F#° chord on 5-String Banjo – Double C (gCGCD)

in Double C (gCGCD) tuning

○21312AF#ACF#
F#°
Diminished
Notes:F# · A · C
hardbarre on fret 2
Piano Left hand Right hand
ACF#F#F#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
2 6 2 0 41 3 1 – 2A F# A C F#hard · barre on fret 2
2 6 5 6 x1 3 2 4 –A F# C F# xhard
5 6 5 6 71 2 1 3 4C F# C F# Amedium · barre on fret 5
x 6 x 0 7– 1 – – 2x F# x C Aeasy
11 0 11 9 73 – 4 2 1F# C F# A Ahard
x x 11 9 10– – 3 1 2x x F# A Cmedium
2 6 2 0 x1 2 1 – –A F# A C xhard · barre on fret 2
5 6 2 6 x2 3 1 4 –C F# A F# xhard
5 6 5 0 71 2 1 – 3C F# C C Amedium · barre on fret 5
x 6 x 9 10– 1 – 2 3x F# x A Chard
11 9 11 0 73 2 4 – 1F# A F# C Ahard
11 x 11 9 103 – 4 1 2F# x F# A Chard
2 6 5 0 41 4 3 – 2A F# C C F#hard
2 6 5 x x1 3 2 – –A F# C x xhard
x 6 5 6 7– 2 1 3 4x F# C F# Amedium
x 0 x 6 7– – – 1 2x C x F# Aeasy

The F#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes F#, A, C. Below are playable fingerings for 5-String Banjo – Double C (gCGCD) 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.