Banjo F♯7 chord (C Tuning)F♯ seventh on the 5-string banjo: 4 3 2 4, and 5 more shapes

F#7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 4 3 2 4, first position, with the short 5th string marked
F#7 (F# seventh) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 4 3 2 4, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 4 3 2 4 (first position)

  1. String 4 (C): 4th fret, ring finger, E
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, middle finger, A♯
  3. String 2 (B): 2nd fret, index finger, C♯
  4. String 1 (D): 4th fret, little finger, F♯
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: E A♯ C♯ F♯  ·  F♯7 is F♯, A♯, C♯, E (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the F♯ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More F♯7 shapes

  1. 5fr2314gF♯C♯EA♯6 6 5 8
    5fr
  2. 7fr4312gA♯EF♯A♯10 9 7 8
    7fr · no 5th
  3. 9fr2134gA♯EA♯C♯10 9 11 11
    9fr · no root
  4. 11fr3114gC♯F♯A♯E13 11 11 14
    11fr
  5. 13fr1423gC♯A♯C♯E13 15 14 14
    13fr · no root

Other F♯ chords in C Tuning

F♯F♯mF♯7

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

F♯7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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