F♯dim (diminished) / G♭dim (diminished)

3-note diminished on F♯ / G♭F♯, A, C.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

A minor third stacked on a minor third — the fifth is flattened, giving an unstable, tense sound that wants to resolve.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1F♯root
♭3Aminor third
♭5Cflat fifth (diminished)

The formula reads in semitones above the root (F♯): 1, ♭3, ♭5. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

231
open position
4fr123
from fret 4
7fr4123
from fret 7
9fr1243
from fret 9

Ukulele fingerings · 4

23
open position
3fr2431
from fret 3
8fr4213
from fret 8
11fr1243
from fret 11

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other F♯ / G♭ chords

dim (diminished) chords on every root