This easy open F diminished chord shape is played using the 1st and 3rd frets. It also includes the open B string. The image below contains the musical notation, chord chart, tabs and scale degrees for the easy open F diminished (F°) chord shape.
How to play the easy open F diminished chord
- Place your 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the 4th string.
- Place your 1st finger on the 1st fret of the 3rd string.
- Strum from the 4th string to the 2nd string.
Easy F diminished chord info
- This shape is the easy, open version of the F diminished chord.
- It contains the notes (from the 4th string down) F, Ab and Cb.
- It contains the 1 (root), b3 and b5 in the key of F.
- It is a diminished chord.