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F♯ diminished guitar shapes
Popular fretboard positions with fingering suggestions
Showing 8 of 34 playable shapes
About the chord
F♯ diminished guitar chord
The F♯ diminished diminished chord is built from minor thirds, including a diminished fifth C, producing a tense, unstable sound. This dissonant, unresolved tension is commonly used for dramatic transitions, suspenseful moments, or eerie atmospheres in classical, jazz, and film music.
Root note: F♯
Quality: diminished
Chord tones: 3
Playable shapes: 34
Chord tones
F♯AC
Notes & Intervals
Each note below shows how the chord is built from its root. This is the theory layer underneath the fretboard shapes.
F♯ Unison (Root) 1
The root anchors the chord and defines its tonal center.
A Minor Third ♭3
This note supplies the minor color and gives the chord its darker emotional pull.
C Diminished Fifth ♭5
The flattened fifth adds tension and a restless, unstable edge.
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