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The part you circled in red isn't really the chord. It's a non-chord tone device called a suspension.

The two chords involved at that moments are E diminished seven (circled in green) and F minor (circled in blue.)

Notice how those two chords overlap in time. When the bass goes from E to F the top voices don't change and hold the tones of the E diminished seven chord. Those top voices are suspended for a moment when the bass moves. When those top voices move down to the tones of the F minor chord is called the resolution.

In written harmony analysis, the bass is usually the point where a chord is identified and then non-chord tone symbols can be added on other voices. So you could put some F minor chord symbol under the F at the beginning of the bar, but on top of the treble voices you could add a mark "sus" to indicate there is a suspension.

The part you circled in red isn't really the chord. It's a non-chord tone device called a suspension.

The two chords involved at that moment are E diminished seven (circled in green) and F minor (circled in blue.)

Notice how those two chords overlap in time. When the bass goes from E to F the top voices don't change and hold the tones of the E diminished seven chord. Those top voices are suspended for a moment when the bass moves. When those top voices move down to the tones of the F minor chord is called the resolution.

In written harmony analysis, the bass is usually the point where a chord is identified and then non-chord tone symbols can be added on other voices. So you could put some F minor chord symbol under the F at the beginning of the bar, but on top of the treble voices you could add a mark "sus" to indicate there is a suspension.

The part you circled in red isn't really the chord. It's a non-chord tone device called a suspension.

The two chords involved at that moments are E diminished seven (circled in green) and F minor (circled in blue.)

Notice how those two chords overlap in time. When the bass goes from E to F the top voices don't change and hold the tones of the E diminished seven chord. Those top voices are suspended for a moment when the bass moves. When those top voices move down to the tones of the F minor chord is called the resolution.

In written harmony analysis, the bass is usually the point where a chord is identified and then non-chord tone symbols can be added on other voices. So you could put some F minor chord symbol under the F at the beginning of the bar, but on top of the treble voices you could add a mark "sus" to indicate there is a suspension.

The part you circled in red isn't really the chord. It's a non-chord tone device called a suspension.

The two chords involved at that moments are E diminished seven (circled in green) and F minor (circled in blue.)

Notice how those two chords overlap in time. When the bass goes from E to F the top voices don't change and hold the tones of the E diminished seven chord. Those top voices are suspended for a moment when the bass moves. When those top voices move down to the tones of the F minor chord is called the resolution.

In written harmony analysis, the bass is usually the point where a chord is identified and then non-chord tone symbols can be added on other voices. So you could put some F minor chord symbol under the F at the beginning of the bar, but on top of the treble voices you could add a mark "sus" to indicate there is a suspension.

The part you circled in red isn't really the chord. It's a non-chord tone device called a suspension.

The two chords involved at that moments are E diminished seven (circled in green) and F minor (circled in blue.)

Notice how those two chords overlap in time. When the bass goes from E to F the top voices don't change and hold the tones of the E diminished seven chord. Those top voices are suspended for a moment when the bass moves. When those top voices move down to the tones of the F minor chord is called the resolution.

In written harmony analysis, the bass is usually the point where a chord is identified and then non-chord tone symbols can be added on other voices. So you could put some F minor chord symbol under the F at the beginning of the bar, but on top of the treble voices you could add a mark "sus" to indicate there is a suspension.

The part you circled in red isn't really the chord. It's a non-chord tone device called a suspension.

The two chords involved at that moments are E diminished seven (circled in green) and F minor (circled in blue.)

Notice how those two chords overlap in time. When the bass goes from E to F the top voices don't change and hold the tones of the E diminished seven chord. Those top voices are suspended for a moment when the bass moves. When those top voices move down to the tones of the F minor chord is called the resolution.

In written harmony analysis, the bass is usually the point where a chord is identified and then non-chord tone symbols can be added on other voices. So you could put some F minor chord symbol under the F at the beginning of the bar, but on top of the treble voices you could add a mark "sus" to indicate there is a suspension.