Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

FMF Major

A♯Root
Dtone
Ftone

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

How to play it

FM fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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, 5th (5 5 7 8) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (x 10 10 12) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (17 17 19 20) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 x 3) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 3 0) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 x 0) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
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, 5th (5 5 7 8) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (x 10 10 12) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (17 17 19 20) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 x 3) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 3) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 3 0) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 x 0) in Tenor (CGDA)
F Major guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 7 x) in Tenor (CGDA)
Sound

How FM 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

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