F♯ / G♭ chords on guitar

About the F♯ chords on guitar

Most songs that use F♯ chords start from F sharp major, the notes F♯–A♯–C♯. Its relative minor key is E flat minor, which shares the same notes, so the chords of both keys mix naturally.

F♯ appears in D flat major (IV), B major (V), F sharp major (I), B minor (V).

Triads are three-note chords, the backbone of most songs. The F♯ triads are F♯ (F♯–A♯–C♯), F♯m (F♯–A–C♯), F♯5 (F♯–C♯), F♯dim (F♯–A–C), F♯aug (F♯–A♯–C𝄪).

Seventh chords add a fourth note, a seventh above the root, for a richer or more tense sound: F♯7 (F♯–A♯–C♯–E), F♯maj7 (F♯–A♯–C♯–E♯), F♯m7 (F♯–A–C♯–E), F♯dim7 (F♯–A–C–E♭), F♯m7♭5 (F♯–A–C–E), F♯m(maj7) (F♯–A–C♯–E♯), F♯aug7 (F♯–A♯–C𝄪–E).

Extended and added-note chords stack a sixth, ninth, eleventh or thirteenth on top. On F♯: F♯add9 (F♯–A♯–C♯–G♯), F♯m(add9) (F♯–A–C♯–G♯), F♯6 (F♯–A♯–C♯–D♯), F♯m6 (F♯–A–C♯–D♯), F♯9 (F♯–A♯–C♯–E–G♯), F♯m9 (F♯–A–C♯–E–G♯), F♯maj9 (F♯–A♯–C♯–E♯–G♯), F♯11 (F♯–A♯–C♯–E–G♯–B), F♯13 (F♯–A♯–C♯–E–G♯–D♯), F♯7♯9 (F♯–A♯–C♯–E–G𝄪), F♯7♭9 (F♯–A♯–C♯–E–G), F♯6/9 (F♯–A♯–C♯–D♯–G♯), F♯add11 (F♯–A♯–C♯–B).

Suspended chords replace the third with a second or fourth, so they sound open and unresolved: F♯sus2 (F♯–G♯–C♯), F♯sus4 (F♯–B–C♯), F♯7sus4 (F♯–B–C♯–E), F♯9sus4 (F♯–B–C♯–E–G♯).

On guitar, many F♯ chords can be played as an open shape or as a barre chord higher up the neck. The diagrams show the most comfortable shape; each chord page has several more, a capo option and strumming patterns.

Chords marked "diagram only" are less common and do not have their own page yet; the diagram and the notes above are all you need to play them.