F Diminished Guitar Chord Fingering
Welcome to our comprehensive tutorial on the F dim chord. This chord, which belongs to the Diminished Chords family, is composed of the notes F, Ab, and Cb. The intervals that build this chord are the 1 (Root), b3 (Minor Third), and b5 (Diminished Fifth). These intervals are essential in crafting the unique sound of the F dim chord.
Understanding the intervals that compose a chord is fundamental to mastering the guitar. If you're not familiar with them, we recommend checking out our tutorial about fretboard intervals and our tutorial that teaches how to build chords by stacking intervals.
Learning to play the F dim chord involves understanding its fretboard patterns and how the tones composing the chord are distributed on the fretboard. To delve deeper into this topic, we suggest our tutorial on how to denote chords based on the intervals that compose them.
Finally, if you're interested in learning more about other types of chords, you can explore our full tutorial about guitar chords of all types. This includes a detailed tutorial about diminished (dim) guitar chords, which will provide further insight into the F dim chord and its unique characteristics.
Mastering the F dim chord will open up new possibilities for your guitar playing, allowing you to create more complex and interesting sounds. So grab your guitar and let's get started!
Notes in the F dim chord:
FAbCb
Chord formula for the Diminished chord:
Guitar Patterns for the F Diminished chord
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If you have difficulties with bar chord shapes, check the Bar Chords Tips tutorial.
You can also use this accessible chords page with written diagrams instruction.
Position 1
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Position 2
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Position 3
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Position 4
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Position 5
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Position 6
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Position 7
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You can find more shapes in our all guitar chords online library. If you prefer a printable pdf, download
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Play This Chord With Other Roots
C dim | D dim | E dim | F dim | G dim | A dim | B dim | C#dim | D#dim | F#dim | G#dim | A#dim | Abdim | Bbdim | Dbdim | Ebdim | Gbdim
How to create your own F dim chord fingerings
You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below. Some shapes will sound good, some less, let your ears decide!