F7

F1A3C5E♭♭7

Major triad, minor seventh. The chord that wants to resolve a fourth up.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

10121x

moderate

Fig. 3

131211

moderate · barre

Fig. 4

1012xx

open · no 5

Fig. 5

13121x

moderate · barre

Fig. 6

10124x

hard · no 5

What is true of it

F7 is F, A, C and E♭ — 1, 3, 5 and b7 counted from F.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 10121x: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

2 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are F, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

F7/A

x01211

second inversion

F7/C

88a8a8

third inversion

F7/E♭

xx1211

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

F in other shapes

Fmaj7major seventh Fm7minor seventh Fm(maj7)minor major seventh Fmajor Fmminor Fdimdiminished

C7 C♯7 D♭7 D7 D♯7 E♭7 E7 F♯7 all 374