Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

F°F Diminished

A♯Root
C♯tone
Etone

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

How to play it

F° fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 x 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 0 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 0 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar chord — 9th position (x 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar chord — 16th position (17 16 x 18) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar chord — 16th position (17 16 18 18) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar chord — 21st position (x 22 21 21) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
Read it as tab

F° 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 Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 x 6) in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 0 6) in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 6 6) in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 0 6) in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar tab — 9th position (x 10 9 9) in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar tab — 16th position (17 16 x 18) in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar tab — 16th position (17 16 18 18) in Plectrum (CGBD)
F Diminished guitar tab — 21st position (x 22 21 21) in Plectrum (CGBD)
Sound

How F° sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseanxiousunstable
Genres
classicaljazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

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