F m7#5 Chord on 5-String Banjo

Play F m7#5 on 5-String Banjo: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The F m7#5 chord is a minor seventh with a raised fifth, an altered, unstable color. It is built from the notes F, G#, C#, D#. This page shows how to play F m7#5 on 5-String Banjo with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

There is no open-string version on 5-String Banjo: the lowest shape barres fret 1 and covers 3 frets. F falls on the D string. It sounds from D#3 up to G#4.

It has a drum head rather than a wooden top, so notes bloom and die fast.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on F or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.