Banjo F6 chord (Double C)F sixth on the 5-string banjo: 0 2 2 3, and 6 more shapes

F6 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 0 2 2 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
F6 (F sixth) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 0 2 2 3, 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: 0 2 2 3 (open position)

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

Sounds: C A D F  ·  F6 is F, A, C, D (1 · 3 · 5 · 6)

The 5th string: the short g adds the 9th over F6, a colour rather than a clash.

Double C tuning: gCGCD, 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 Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More F6 shapes

  1. 112gDACF2 2 0 3
    open
  2. 1112gDADF2 2 2 3
    at the nut · no 5th
  3. 5fr134gFDCA5 7 0 7
    5fr
  4. 9fr21gCFAD0 10 9 0
    9fr
  5. 12fr1234gCADF12 14 14 15
    12fr
  6. 14fr112gCADF0 14 14 15
    14fr

Other F chords in Double C

FFmF7Fm7Fmaj7F6Fsus4Fsus2FdimFaug

Other sixth chords

G6A6D6C6B6E6F6B♭6

F6 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

All Double C banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app