Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

FmF Minor

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

Fm fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), 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 — Open (3 1 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 10 9 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (15 13 13 15 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 21st (x 22 21 22 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar chord — Open (3 1 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar chord — 3rd position (3 5 x x 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar chord — 3rd position (3 5 x 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar chord — 3rd position (3 5 x 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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 — Open (3 1 1 3 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 10 9 10 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (15 13 13 15 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 21st (x 22 21 22 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar tab — Open (3 1 1 x x) in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar tab — 3rd position (3 5 x x 6) in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar tab — 3rd position (3 5 x 6 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

F Minor guitar tab — 3rd position (3 5 x 3 6) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How Fm sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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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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