F# Minor Chord on Mandocello

How to play the F# Minor chord on Mandocello: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.

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 Mandocello with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The lowest shape sits at fret 6 and spans 4 frets, with no open strings in it. F# falls on the C string. It sounds from F#2 up to F#4.

Mandocello is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.

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.