F# Minor Chord on Mountain Dulcimer

The F# Minor chord is a darker, melancholic minor triad that anchors countless songs. It is built from the notes F#, A, C#. This page shows how to play F# Minor on Mountain Dulcimer with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The shape nearest the nut leaves the A string open and takes the rest at fret 2. F# falls on the D string. It sounds from F#3 up to F#4.

Mountain Dulcimer is tuned D–A–D, with frets 1 to 17 laid out diatonically plus the 6+ and 13+ frets — D#, F and A# sound nowhere on it. Only the chords and notes its diatonic frets reach are charted, and the 6+ fret (between 6 and 7) counts as a fret of its own.

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.