Guitar · Diminished chord

Fdim Diminished

  • Key: F# Major
  • Medium
  • Popular

Fdim is the F diminished chord on guitar, made of the notes F · G# · B.

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Position 1 of 5Main

Notes

  • F
  • G#
  • B

Structure

  1. 1
  2. ♭3
  3. ♭5
Sound
Diminished
Unstable, dramatic
Harmonic function
Dominant
Creates tension that resolves to the tonic.

Harmonic field of F# Major

DegreeChordFunction
IF#Tonic
iiG#mSubdominant
iiiA#mTonic relative
IVBSubdominant
VC#Dominant
viD#mTonic relative
vii°FdimDominant

How to play

  1. 1Barre fret 1 with your index finger, from string 6 to string 3.
  2. 2Place your middle finger on fret 2 of string 5.
  3. 3Place your ring finger on fret 3 of string 4.
  4. 4Don't play strings 2, 1.
  5. 5Strum all the strings.

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