Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

FMF Major

A♯Root
Dtone
Ftone

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

How to play it

FM fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · 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 Major guitar chord — Open (x x 2 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar chord — Open (2 2 2 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar chord — M-shape, 7th (x 7 9 9 9 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x x 14 13 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (14 14 14 13 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar chord — Open (2 x x 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar chord — Open (2 x x 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar chord — Open (x x 2 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
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 — Open (x x 2 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar tab — Open (2 2 2 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar tab — M-shape, 7th (x 7 9 9 9 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x x 14 13 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (14 14 14 13 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar tab — Open (2 x x 1 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar tab — Open (2 x x 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
F Major guitar tab — Open (x x 2 1 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
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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