Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Fø7F Half-Diminished 7th

A♯Root
C♯tone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3  ·  Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

How to play it

Fø7 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

F Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 x 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 14th position (16 15 15 14 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
Read it as tab

Fø7 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

F Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 3 2 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 x 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 x 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 5 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 5 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 5 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
F Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 14th position (16 15 15 14 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
Sound

How Fø7 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
melancholyanxiousyearning
Genres
jazzclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3
Same notes asFm7♭5
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