F# 7 Chord on Mandola
How to play the F# 7 chord on Mandola: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The F# 7 chord is a dominant seventh — a major triad with a flat seventh that pulls strongly toward resolution. It is built from the notes F#, A#, C#, E. This page shows how to play F# 7 on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 6 and spans 3 frets, with no open strings in it. F# falls on the C string. It sounds from F#3 up to E5.
Mandola 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.