Irish bouzouki F♯m chord (ADAD)F♯ minor: 0 4 4 4, and 3 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 0 4 4 4 (open position) · F#m/A
- Low A course: open, A
- Low D course: 4th fret, index finger (barre), F♯
- High A course: 4th fret, index finger (barre), C♯
- High D course: 4th fret, index finger (barre), F♯
Sounds: A F♯ C♯ F♯ · F♯m is F♯, A, C♯ (1 · ♭3 · 5)
Found in: D major (iii), A major (vi), E major (ii), A mixolydian (vi), E mixolydian (ii), B mixolydian (v)
Open courses that ring: A is a note of F♯m, so it can drone under it.
No 3rd: F♯5 (4 4 4 4) leaves the 3rd out, so it backs F♯ major, mixolydian, dorian and minor tunes alike.
Tuning ADAD: A D A D, low to high.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose ADAD once in its Settings and it remembers.
More F♯m shapes
- 4 4 0 4
open · F#m/C# - 4 7 0 4
4fr · F#m/C# - 9 11 0 11
9fr
F♯m in session keys
- A major (vi): A – F♯m – D – E (a B part that wanders, or a song)
Other F♯ chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD
Other minor chords
F♯m in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app