Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

F♯°F♯ Diminished

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D♯tone
F♯tone

Formula ♭5 · 6 · 1  ·  Notes C · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

F♯° fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3, 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 — 2nd position (3 x x 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 x x x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 3 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x x 2 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x 3 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 x x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 x 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 3 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
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 — 2nd position (3 x x 2 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 x x x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 3 2 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x x 2 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x 3 2 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 x x 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 x 2 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
F♯ Diminished guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 3 x x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
Sound

How F♯° sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭5 · 6 · 1
Same notes asF♯m♭5
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F♯° in other tunings:

StandardDrop DDrop COpen AOpen DOpen EOpen GOpen CDADGADHalf-Step Down

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