Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

FMF Major

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Formula 4 · 6 · 1 · Notes A♯ · D · F

How to play it

FM fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1, 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, 4th (4 4 5 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (16 16 17 18) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar chord — M-shape, 21st (x 21 21 21) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar chord — Open (4 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar chord — Open (4 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar chord — 4th position (4 x 0 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 x 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

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 Major guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (4 4 5 6) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 9 9 9) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (16 16 17 18) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar tab — M-shape, 21st (x 21 21 21) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar tab — Open (4 1 0 x) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar tab — Open (4 1 0 2) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar tab — 4th position (4 x 0 6) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

F Major guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 x 6) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How FM sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1

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