Chord

F# Diminished 7

  • F#dim7
  • F#o7
  • F#°7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
F#m3Am3Cm3Eb

F# Diminished 7, written F#dim7, is built from F#, A, C and Eb: the root, minor 3rd, flat 5th and diminished 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, A and Eb, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

In the progressions here, F#dim7 is the ♯i°7 of the Diminished Passing Turnaround in F and the ♯iv°7 of the Jazz Blues in C.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Diminished

    F# Whole-Half

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    F# Altered Diminished

Voicings All 18