F#° chord on Oud

in Arabic (CFADGC) tuning

✕○○132F#AF#AC
F#°
Diminished
Notes:F# · A · C
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
ACF#F#F#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x 1 0 4 2 0– 1 – 3 2 –x F# A F# A Cmedium
6 x 3 4 2 x4 – 2 3 1 –F# x C F# A xhard
6 4 3 4 x x4 2 1 3 – –F# A C F# x xmedium
6 4 0 4 5 04 1 – 2 3 –F# A A F# C Cmedium
6 7 0 7 5 02 3 – 4 1 –F# C A A C Cmedium
6 7 0 7 x x1 2 – 3 – –F# C A A x xeasy
x x 9 7 11 0– – 2 1 3 –x x F# A F# Chard
x x 9 10 11 9– – 1 2 3 1x x F# C F# Amedium · barre on fret 9
x x 12 10 11 12– – 3 1 2 4x x A C F# Cmedium
x x 12 x 11 12– – 2 – 1 3x x A x F# Ceasy
x 1 0 x 2 0– 1 – – 2 –x F# A x A Ceasy
6 4 3 x 2 x4 3 2 – 1 –F# A C x A xhard
6 4 3 x x x3 2 1 – – –F# A C x x xmedium
6 4 0 4 5 x4 1 – 2 3 –F# A A F# C xmedium
6 7 0 7 5 x2 3 – 4 1 –F# C A A C xmedium
6 7 0 x x x1 2 – – – –F# C A x x xeasy

The F#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes F#, A, C. Below are playable fingerings for Oud 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

Arabic (CFADGC) C-F-A-D-G-C
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.