Banjo F♯7 chord (Double C)F♯ seventh on the 5-string banjo: 1 3 4 4, and 5 more shapes

F#7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 1 3 4 4, first position, with the short 5th string marked
F#7 (F# seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 1 3 4 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: 1 3 4 4 (first position)

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

Sounds: C♯ A♯ E 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.

With a capo: on the 4th fret it’s 2 2 0 4 (frets counted from the capo), an open D7 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 9th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

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 F♯7 shapes

  1. 2134gEA♯EF♯4 3 4 4
    at the nut · no 5th
  2. 6fr1413gF♯EF♯A♯6 9 6 8
    6fr · no 5th
  3. 9fr2134gA♯EA♯C♯10 9 10 11
    9fr · no root
  4. 11fr2134gC♯F♯C♯E13 11 13 14
    11fr · no 3rd
  5. 13fr1312gC♯A♯C♯E13 15 13 14
    13fr · no root

Other F♯ chords in Double C

F♯F♯mF♯7

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

F♯7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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