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F#7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play F Sharp Seventh (Charts)

F#7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as f#7 chord, f#7 guitar chord and how to play F#7.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

F#7 chord diagram, Barre (2nd fret, E-string root)F#7 Barre (2nd fret, E-string root): low E fret 2, A fret 4, D fret 2, G fret 3, B fret 2, high e fret 2.1322 4 2 3 2 2
Barre (2nd fret, E-string root)
2 4 2 3 2 2
F#7 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionF#7 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 4, G fret 3, B fret 2, high e open.××321x x 4 3 2 0
Easy 4-string version
x x 4 3 2 0
F#7 chord diagram, Movable shape (2nd fret)F#7 Movable shape (2nd fret): low E fret 2, A fret 4, D fret 2, G fret 3, B fret 5, high e fret 2.13242 4 2 3 5 2
Movable shape (2nd fret)
2 4 2 3 5 2

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play F#7 (F sharp seventh) on guitar, play 2 4 2 3 2 2 from the low E string to the high e string (the barre (2nd fret, E-string root) shape). The chord contains F#, A#, C#, E. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 4 3 2 0, which needs 3 fretted notes.

F#7 chord facts

Chord F#7 (F sharp seventh)
Other names F#dom7, Gb7 (enharmonic spelling, same notes and shapes)
Notes F#, A#, C#, E
Intervals F# (root), A# (major 3rd), C# (perfect 5th), E (minor 7th)
Formula 1-3-5-b7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play F#7 on guitar?

The main shape is 2 4 2 3 2 2 (Barre (2nd fret, E-string root)). Finger by finger:

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the low E to high e strings at fret 2. This is the barre.
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 3 (A#, the major 3rd).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the A string at fret 4 (C#, the perfect 5th).
  5. Strum, then pick each string one at a time and fix any string that buzzes or is sile