F#° chord on 5-String Banjo – Open C (gCGCE)

in Open C (gCGCE) tuning

○21312AF#ACA
F#°
Diminished
Notes:F# · A · C
hardbarre on fret 2
Piano Left hand Right hand
ACF#F#F#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
2 6 2 0 51 3 1 – 2A F# A C Ahard · barre on fret 2
2 6 5 6 21 3 2 4 1A F# C F# F#hard · barre on fret 2
5 6 5 6 51 2 1 3 1C F# C F# Aeasy · barre on fret 5
x 6 x 9 8– 1 – 3 2x F# x A Chard
x x 11 9 8– – 3 2 1x x F# A Cmedium
11 0 11 9 x2 – 3 1 –F# C F# A xmedium
2 0 2 0 21 – 2 – 3A C A C F#easy
5 6 2 6 22 3 1 4 1C F# A F# F#hard · barre on fret 2
x 6 5 6 5– 2 1 3 1x F# C F# Aeasy · barre on fret 5
x 9 x 6 8– 3 – 1 2x A x F# Chard
11 x 11 9 83 – 4 2 1F# x F# A Chard
11 9 11 0 x2 1 3 – –F# A F# C xmedium
2 6 2 0 x1 2 1 – –A F# A C xhard · barre on fret 2
2 6 5 6 x1 3 2 4 –A F# C F# xhard
5 6 5 0 51 4 2 – 3C F# C C Amedium
11 0 11 9 83 – 4 2 1F# C F# A Cmedium

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