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Fig. 1 · F# · hard

guitar chord

F♯

F♯1A♯3C♯5

A major third and a perfect fifth over the root.

Written the other way round it is G♭ — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on ukuleleon pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

2
Fig. 2

244322

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2
Fig. 3

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2
Fig. 4

2443xx

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2
Fig. 5

24432x

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4
Fig. 6

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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 244322: 4 fingers, one of them barring the 2nd fret, held at the 2nd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

2 of the 5 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

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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♯

x1432x

2
second inversion

F♯/C♯

x4432x

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

F♯mminorF♯dimdiminishedF♯augaugmentedF♯5power chordF♯sus2suspended secondF♯sus4suspended fourth

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