Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

F♯MF♯ Major

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Etone

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Formula ♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes C · E · G

How to play it

F♯M fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE), 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (4 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 11 11 9) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (16 15 14 14) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — 14th position (16 15 14 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar chord — 16th position (16 18 x 18) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

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♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (4 3 2 2) in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 11 11 9) in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (16 15 14 14) in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 2 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 x 6) in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 7 6) in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — 14th position (16 15 14 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

F♯ Major guitar tab — 16th position (16 18 x 18) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

How F♯M sounds

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2

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