F

F1A3C5

A major third and a perfect fifth over the root.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

10321x

moderate

Fig. 3

133211

hard · barre

Fig. 4

1032xx

open · no 5

Fig. 5

xx3211

hard

Fig. 6

1332xx

hard

What is true of it

F is F, A and C — 1, 3 and 5 counted from F.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 10321x: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

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

1 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

F/A

x03211

second inversion

F/C

x3321x

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

Fmminor Fdimdiminished Faugaugmented F5power chord Fsus2suspended second Fsus4suspended fourth

C C♯D♭D D♯E♭E F♯all 374