Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯mF♯ Minor

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

Formula ♭5 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes C · D♯ · G

How to play it

F♯m 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♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (4 2 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 11 9 11 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (16 14 13 16 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (4 2 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 x x 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 x 7 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 x 4 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 x 7 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Read it as tab

F♯m 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 (4 2 1 4 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 11 9 11 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (16 14 13 16 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (4 2 1 x x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 x x 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 x 7 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 x 4 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

F♯ Minor guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 x 7 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Sound

How F♯m sounds

Consonance

5/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭5 · 6 · ♭2

Explore

More ways to play F♯ Minor

Browse the rest of the F♯ chords in this tuning, or open F♯m in the app for every voicing.

F♯m in other tunings:

See & hear F♯m in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline

Download on theApp Store