Chord

F Diminished 7

  • Fdim7
  • Fo7
  • F°7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Fm3Abm3Cbm3Ebb

F Diminished 7, written Fdim7, is built from F, Ab, Cb and Ebb: the root, minor 3rd, flat 5th and diminished 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Ab and Ebb, 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.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Diminished

    F Whole-Half

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    F Altered Diminished

Voicings All 18