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This chord has 4 voicings across the fretboard. Use the arrows to see each shape and fingering — and tap any dot on the diagram to hear that note.

Beginner

Fdim7 Guitar Chord

A fully diminished seventh. Fdim7 is symmetrical and mysterious.

Also known as

  • F°7
  • F °7
  • F dim7
  • F diminished 7th
  • F diminished seventh

How to Play This Chord

Position your fingers on the fretboard as shown in the diagram. The vertical lines represent the strings, from low E (left) to high E (right), and the horizontal lines are the frets. Numbers inside the dots indicate which finger to use: 1 (index), 2 (middle), 3 (ring), 4 (pinky). An X means don't play that string; an O means play it open. A bar spanning multiple strings means one finger presses across all of them at once — this is known as a barre chord.

Tips & Tricks

This symmetrical shape at the 1st fret repeats at the 4th, 7th, and 10th frets. In practice, Fdim7 is one of the most common diminished 7th chords in popular music, frequently appearing in jazz standards and Christmas songs as a chromatic connector.

There are many ways to play this chord. Try these:

eBGDAE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
eBGDAE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
eBGDAE 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
eBGDAE 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

See how Fdim7 works with other chords — Progression Generator