F♯m(maj7)

F♯1A♭3C♯5E♯7

Minor triad, major seventh — the tonic chord of harmonic minor.

Written the other way round it is G♭m(maj7) — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

20322x

moderate

Fig. 3

243222

moderate · barre

Fig. 4

2032xx

open · no 5

Fig. 5

24322x

moderate · barre

Fig. 6

243225

hard · barre

What is true of it

F♯m(maj7) is F♯, A, C♯ and E♯ — 1, b3, 5 and 7 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 20322x: 4 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

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

3 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♯m(maj7)/A

x03222

second inversion

F♯m(maj7)/C♯

99baa9

third inversion

F♯m(maj7)/E♯

10422x

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♯7dominant seventh F♯maj7major seventh F♯m7minor seventh F♯major F♯mminor F♯dimdiminished

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