Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

F♯mF♯ Minor

CRoot
D♯tone
Gtone

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

How to play it

F♯m fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3, 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, 6th (x 8 7 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (13 11 11 11) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 x 2) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 4 2) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar chord — 11th position (13 11 11 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar chord — 11th position (13 x 11 14) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar chord — 11th position (13 11 11 14) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar chord — 13th position (13 15 x 14) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
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 — M-shape, 6th (x 8 7 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (13 11 11 11) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 2) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 4 2) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar tab — 11th position (13 11 11 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar tab — 11th position (13 x 11 14) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar tab — 11th position (13 11 11 14) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
F♯ Minor guitar tab — 13th position (13 15 x 14) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
Sound

How F♯m 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

NotesC · D♯ · G
Formula (scale degrees)♭5 · 6 · ♭2
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