Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

FM6F Major 6th

A♯Root
Dtone
Ftone
Gtone

Formula 4 · 6 · 1 · 2  ·  Notes A♯ · D · F · G

How to play it

FM6 fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD), 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 Major 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar chord — 9th position (x 10 9 10 12) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar chord — 9th position (x 10 9 12 10) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar chord — 12th position (15 14 12 x 12) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar chord — 12th position (15 14 12 12 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar chord — 12th position (15 14 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar chord — 12th position (15 14 12 12 15) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar chord — 12th position (15 14 12 15 12) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Read it as tab

FM6 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 Major 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 0 0 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar tab — 9th position (x 10 9 10 12) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar tab — 9th position (x 10 9 12 10) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar tab — 12th position (15 14 12 x 12) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar tab — 12th position (15 14 12 12 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar tab — 12th position (15 14 12 12 12) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar tab — 12th position (15 14 12 12 15) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major 6th guitar tab — 12th position (15 14 12 15 12) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Sound

How FM6 sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
warmnostalgiccontent
Genres
jazzpopcountry
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G
Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · 2
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