Irish bouzouki F♯m7 chord (GDAE)F♯ minor seventh: 2 2 4 2, and 5 more shapes

F#m7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 2 4 2, open position
F#m7 (F# minor seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 2 4 2, low course to high (F#m7/A). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 2 4 2 (open position) · F#m7/A

  1. G course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
  2. D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  3. A course: 4th fret, ring finger, C♯
  4. E course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), F♯

Sounds: A E C♯ F♯  ·  F♯m7 is F♯, A, C♯, E (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

Open courses that ring: A and E are notes of F♯m7, so they can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More F♯m7 shapes

  1. 133AF♯C♯E2 4 4 0
    open · F#m7/A
  2. 1F♯AEx 4 0 0
    open · no 5th
  3. 4fr31C♯F♯AE6 4 0 0
    4fr · F#m7/C#
  4. 7fr2133EAF♯C♯9 7 9 9
    7fr · F#m7/E
  5. 11fr11F♯C♯AE11 11 0 0
    11fr

Other F♯ chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

F♯F♯mF♯7F♯m7F♯5F♯sus2F♯sus4F♯maj7F♯add9

Other minor seventh chords

Dm7Gm7Am7Em7Bm7Cm7Fm7F♯m7

F♯m7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app