F#° chord on 6-String Guitar – Drop C

in Drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D) tuning

○○24123F#ACAAF#
F#°
Diminished
Notes:F# · A · C
hardfret 2
Piano Left hand Right hand
ACF#F#F#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
6 2 0 4 0 44 1 – 2 – 3F# A C A A F#hard
6 2 x 4 3 x4 1 – 3 2 –F# A x A C xhard
x x 6 4 3 4– – 4 2 1 3x x F# A C F#medium
6 5 0 4 0 44 3 – 1 – 2F# C C A A F#medium
6 5 0 7 0 72 1 – 3 – 4F# C C C A Amedium
x x 6 7 0 7– – 1 2 – 3x x F# C A Aeasy
x 11 9 7 9 7– 4 2 1 3 1x F# A C F# Ahard · barre on fret 7
x 11 9 x 9 10– 4 1 – 2 3x F# A x F# Chard
x 11 12 x 12 10– 2 3 – 4 1x F# C x A Chard
x 11 12 x 12 x– 1 2 – 3 –x F# C x A xeasy
6 2 0 4 0 x3 1 – 2 – –F# A C A A xhard
6 2 6 x 3 x3 1 4 – 2 –F# A F# x C xhard
x x 6 4 3 x– – 3 2 1 –x x F# A C xmedium
6 5 0 4 0 x3 2 – 1 – –F# C C A A xmedium
6 5 6 7 0 x2 1 3 4 – –F# C F# C A xmedium
x x 6 7 0 x– – 1 2 – –x x F# C A xeasy

The F#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes F#, A, C. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Drop 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#
♭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.