Chord

Fb Diminished 7

  • Fbdim7
  • Fbo7
  • Fb°7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Fbm3Abbm3Cbbm3Db

Fb Diminished 7, written Fbdim7, is built from Fb, Abb, Cbb and Db: the root, minor 3rd, flat 5th and diminished 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Abb and Db, 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

    Fb Whole-Half

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    E Altered Diminished

Voicings All 18