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F sharp power chord guitar chord

F#5 means F sharp power chord. The notes are F sharp and C sharp. Use the first picture.

x means muted. 0 means open.

F sharp power chord

Short code 244xxx, thickest string first.

  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: muted, do not play.
  5. B string: muted, do not play.
  6. High E string: muted, do not play.

F sharp power chord uses the notes F sharp and C sharp.

More F sharp guitar chords.

Also F sharp major, 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 diminished, F sharp augmented.

F sharp power chord, another shape

Short code 24xxxx, thickest string first.

  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: muted, do not play.
  4. G string: muted, do not play.
  5. B string: muted, do not play.
  6. High E string: muted, do not play.

F sharp power chord uses the notes F sharp and C sharp.

Why does this F sharp power chord have only two notes?

Both pictures are F sharp and C sharp. That is an F sharp power chord. There is no A sharp, so it is not F sharp major. The first picture uses three strings starting on the thick E at fret 2. The second picture uses only the two thick strings. Same two notes. The first shape has an extra F sharp, so it often sounds bigger.

If the F sharp power chord in a song sounds smaller than the first picture, try the two-string picture lower on this page.

This chord leaves off the note that would make it major or minor. Play F sharp major after this and you will hear A sharp come in.

Progressions that start on F sharp power chord

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F sharp power chord, E power chord, B power chord, F sharp power chord

E power chord (E5) walks out. B power chord (B5) pulls. F sharp power chord (F#5) stomps back. Southern rock and classic-rock radio. A tailgate. Dust. Big. Nobody came to cry.

F sharp power chord, B power chord, F sharp power chord, B power chord

Two chords, and they punch. F#5 then B5, over and over. 1970s punk, a school gym, bad speakers. Simple is the feeling.