F#° chord on 6-String Guitar – Open Am

in Open Am (E-A-E-A-C-E) tuning

○○○123F#AF#ACF#
F#°
Diminished
Notes:F# · A · C
easyfret 2
Piano Left hand Right hand
ACF#F#F#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
2 0 2 0 0 21 – 2 – – 3F# A F# A C F#easy
2 3 5 3 x x1 2 4 3 – –F# C A C x xmedium
x 3 5 3 6 5– 1 2 1 4 3x C A C F# Amedium · barre on fret 3
x 9 5 0 6 8– 4 1 – 2 3x F# A A F# Chard
x 9 8 0 6 8– 4 2 – 1 3x F# C A F# Cmedium
x 9 8 9 9 8– 2 1 3 4 1x F# C F# A Cmedium · barre on fret 8
x 9 x 12 12 x– 1 – 2 3 –x F# x A C xhard
2 0 2 0 0 x1 – 2 – – –F# A F# A C xeasy
2 3 2 3 x 51 2 1 3 – 4F# C F# C x Ahard · barre on fret 2
5 3 5 3 6 x2 1 3 1 4 –A C A C F# xmedium · barre on fret 3
x 9 5 0 9 8– 3 1 – 4 2x F# A A A Chard
x 9 8 0 6 x– 3 2 – 1 –x F# C A F# xmedium
x 9 8 0 9 8– 3 1 – 4 2x F# C A A Cmedium
x 9 x 0 12 x– 1 – – 2 –x F# x A C xhard
2 3 2 0 0 x1 2 1 – – –F# C F# A C xeasy · barre on fret 2
2 3 5 x x x1 2 3 – – –F# C A x x xmedium

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