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F sharp major guitar chord

F sharp major is written F#. The notes are F sharp, A sharp, and C sharp. Start at the first picture.

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F sharp major

Short code 244322, thickest string first.

Barre fret 2 with the index finger on the low E, B and high E strings.

  1. Low E string: fret 2, index finger, note F sharp, 1st.
  2. A string: fret 4, ring finger, note C sharp, 5th.
  3. D string: fret 4, pinky finger, note F sharp, 1st.
  4. G string: fret 3, middle finger, note A sharp, 3rd.
  5. B string: fret 2, index finger, note C sharp, 5th.
  6. High E string: fret 2, index finger, note F sharp, 1st.

F sharp major uses the notes F sharp, C sharp and A sharp.

More F sharp guitar chords.

Also F sharp minor, F sharp dominant 7, F sharp major 7, F sharp minor 7, F sharp suspended 2, F sharp suspended 4, F sharp power chord, F sharp diminished, F sharp augmented.

F sharp major, another shape

Short code 698676, thickest string first.

Barre fret 6 with the index finger on the low E, G and high E strings.

  1. Low E string: fret 6, index finger, note A sharp, 3rd.
  2. A string: fret 9, pinky finger, note F sharp, 1st.
  3. D string: fret 8, ring finger, note A sharp, 3rd.
  4. G string: fret 6, index finger, note C sharp, 5th.
  5. B string: fret 7, middle finger, note F sharp, 1st.
  6. High E string: fret 6, index finger, note A sharp, 3rd.

F sharp major uses the notes A sharp, F sharp and C sharp.

Why do these two F sharp major shapes both use a barre?

Both pictures are F sharp, A sharp, and C sharp. That is F sharp major. The first picture bars fret 2 on all six strings. The second picture bars fret 6 on all six strings. Same three notes. The second shape is higher on the neck.

If the F sharp major in a song sounds higher than the first picture, try the second picture lower on this page. It is still F sharp major.

A sharp is the note that makes this chord major instead of minor. On the first picture that A sharp is on the G string, fret 3, middle finger. Play F sharp minor after this. On F sharp minor that note is A. Listen for A sharp turning into A.

Progressions that start on F sharp major

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F sharp major, E major, B major, F sharp major

E major (E) leans away from home like a swagger, B major (B) pulls, F sharp major (F#) plants you. 1960s and 70s rock — the kind that wants dirt on the boots, not a crying verse. Southern rock and classic-rock radio still run on it.

F sharp major, B major, E major, F sharp major

Same rock family, different order of the lean. You visit B major, then E major takes you even farther from home, then you stamp back. Bar-band rock. Loud. Useful when the sad loop would be too much.

F sharp major, B major, F sharp major, B major

Two chords, back and forth, until your foot knows it. Kids’ songs, folk vamps, a bed to talk or preach over. Simple is the feeling. Folk and early rock and roll never apologized for that.

Songs with F sharp major

Listen for this chord, then use the grip on this page.

Hotel California

F sharp major sits in this Eagles song. The recording is in B minor. It also uses B minor, A major, E major, G major, D major, and E minor. The verse is B minor, F sharp major, A major, E major, G major, D major, E minor, F sharp major.

F sharp major is the second chord of the verse.

Hotel California is a B minor (Bm) song. In the verse you play B minor first, then F sharp major. B minor sits still. F sharp major is brighter. It is the first step out.

They recorded it in Miami. Felder had left the original cassette at his house in Malibu. Don Henley wanted the guitar just like the demo. Felder called his housekeeper. She found the tape, played it on a boom box into the phone, and they recorded that call in the studio so he could learn his own part again, note for note.

When they heard the finished track, Henley said it would be the single. Felder said no: it was about six minutes, the intro was long, and radio in the 1970s wanted songs around three minutes. Henley did not change his mind. Asylum Records put it out as the single anyway. Felder later said he was glad he was wrong.

In the verse, F sharp major is the brighter chord that jumps out of B minor. Then you go to A major (A).