F# / Gb Chords on Guitar

Every common F# chord: major, minor, sevenths, sus chords and diminished. All barre shapes, so warm up that index finger. 14 diagrams. 🎸

F# majorF#

Bright and settled. Most songs start and end here.

F#Root on the 6th string, 2nd fret

F#Root on the 5th string, 9th fret

Lower the 3rd by one fret, and the mood turns.

F#mRoot on the 6th string, 2nd fret

F#mRoot on the 5th string, 9th fret

Bluesy and a little restless. It wants to move on.

F#7Root on the 6th string, 2nd fret

F#7Root on the 5th string, 9th fret

Soft and dreamy. Late-night soul in one chord.

F#maj7Root on the 6th string, 2nd fret

F#maj7Root on the 5th string, 9th fret

Mellow and smooth. A minor chord with its shoulders down.

F#m7Root on the 6th string, 2nd fret

F#m7Root on the 5th string, 9th fret

Open and airy. Neither happy nor sad.

F#sus2Root on the 5th string, 9th fret

Tense, until it falls back to the major chord.

F#sus4Root on the 6th string, 2nd fret

F#sus4Root on the 5th string, 9th fret

Dark and dramatic. Best as a quick step between two chords.

F#dimRoot on the 5th string, 9th fret

What notes are in the F# chord?

F# major is F#, A#, C#. F# minor is F#, A, C#: the same chord with the middle note one fret lower.

What is the easiest way to play F# on guitar?

There's no open F# chord, so it's a barre chord or a capo. The easy way: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play an open E shape. It sounds as F#.