Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

FmF Minor

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

Formula 4 · ♭6 · 1 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · F

How to play it

Fm fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

F Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (3 2 3 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (x 11 11 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (15 14 15 15 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 3 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar chord — 3rd position (3 x 3 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 x 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 3 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar chord — 7th position (x x 8 10 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

Fm guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

F Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (3 2 3 3 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (x 11 11 10 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (15 14 15 15 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 3 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar tab — 3rd position (3 x 3 6 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 x 6 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 3 6 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F Minor guitar tab — 7th position (x x 8 10 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How Fm sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 1

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