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

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

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

Sounds: F A C D  ·  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.

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, 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 Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More F6 shapes

  1. 12gDACF0 2 0 3
    open
  2. 211gFADD3 2 2 0
    open · no 5th
  3. 2113gFADF3 2 2 3
    at the nut · no 5th
  4. 5fr113gDCFA0 5 5 7
    5fr
  5. 9fr213gDFAC0 10 9 10
    9fr
  6. 14fr21gFACD15 14 0 0
    14fr

Other F chords in Sawmill

FFmF7Fm7Fmaj7F6Fsus4Fsus2FdimFaug

Other sixth chords

G6A6D6C6B6E6F6B♭6

F6 in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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