F° chord on 12-String Guitar – Open C

in Open C (C-C-G-G-C-C-G-G-C-C-E-E) tuning

✕✕✕✕33114422FFG#G#FFBB
F°
Diminished
Notes:F · G# · B
hard
Piano Left hand Right hand
FFFBG#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
5 5 1 1 5 5 4 4 x x x x3 3 1 1 4 4 2 2 – – – –F F G# G# F F B B x x x xhard
5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 42 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 4 1 1F F B B F F B B F F G# G#medium · barre on fret 4
x x x x 5 5 x x 8 8 7 7– – – – 1 1 – – 3 3 2 2x x x x F F x x G# G# B Bhard
x x x x x x 10 10 8 8 7 7– – – – – – 3 3 2 2 1 1x x x x x x F F G# G# B Bmedium
x x 10 10 8 8 10 10 11 11 x x– – 2 2 1 1 3 3 4 4 – –x x F F G# G# F F B B x xmedium
5 5 4 4 5 5 1 1 x x x x3 3 2 2 4 4 1 1 – – – –F F B B F F G# G# x x x xhard
x x x x 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4– – – – 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1x x x x F F B B F F G# G#easy · barre on fret 4
5 5 x x 5 5 x x 8 8 7 71 1 – – 2 2 – – 4 4 3 3F F x x F F x x G# G# B Bhard
x x 10 10 x x 10 10 8 8 7 7– – 3 3 – – 4 4 2 2 1 1x x F F x x F F G# G# B Bhard
x x 10 10 11 11 10 10 8 8 x x– – 2 2 4 4 3 3 1 1 – –x x F F B B F F G# G# x xmedium
5 5 4 4 x x 1 1 5 5 1 13 3 2 2 – – 1 1 4 4 1 1F F B B x x G# G# F F F Fhard · barre on fret 1
5 5 x x 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 42 2 – – 3 3 1 1 4 4 1 1F F x x F F B B F F G# G#hard · barre on fret 4
5 5 x x 8 8 x x 5 5 7 71 1 – – 4 4 – – 2 2 3 3F F x x G# G# x x F F B Bhard
x x 10 10 8 8 x x 8 8 7 7– – 4 4 2 2 – – 3 3 1 1x x F F G# G# x x G# G# B Bhard
x x 10 10 8 8 x x 11 11 x x– – 2 2 1 1 – – 3 3 – –x x F F G# G# x x B B x xhard
5 5 1 1 x x 4 4 5 5 x x3 3 1 1 – – 2 2 4 4 – –F F G# G# x x B B F F x xhard

The F° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes F, G#, B. Below are playable fingerings for 12-String Guitar – Open C 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
♭33G#
♭56B

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, G#, B.

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.