how to finger the f# chord?

hi there,

suprisingly, it can be very simple. i mainly use fsharp when going from G to Em. Here, it is only necessary to place you first finger on the 2nd fret of the 6th string.

If you know your gutiar quite well, it canbe worked out that playing the 6th string on the 2nd fret is the fsharp note.

hope this has helped

This is my rookie year -- I just started playing too. A friend told me to simply make an E chord with my second, third, and fourth finger (instead of first, second, and third), and then simply slide it up one fret(to the second fret), and then bar the first fret with my index finger. It works well and I'm learning to hit the F# quickly this way. Eventually I'll just go to the F# without the slide. Take care.

Hi, Newbie here and also a rookie as of last Christmas. I know about the barre chord tecnique as far as it applies to the basic shapes of the open A, E, Am, and Em shapes moved down the fret board to form the chord you desire. What I'd like to know is, how to form an F#m7 chord. I play an Em7 with 4 fingers thus:

E--o

A--2

D--2

G--0

B--3

e--3

how do you barre that? i guess you don't start with an Em7, Right?

cheers.

Denzil.

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I just completely bar the second fret with my index finger and place my ring and pinky finger on the 5th and 4th string (respectively) of the 4th fret.

Anyone else play it like this? 

-G.

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Wait, that's the F#m. The F# is just the same, except you also drop your middle finger on the 3rd sting of the 3rd fret.  It's just like a barred G, just every thing is moved up one fret.

If you can play a regular F chord you already have it whipped!

l at the first (fret) (pointer finger

2 at the first(fret)  (pointer covers both strings here on the first fret

3 at the second(fret) middle finger

4 at the third(fret)   ring finger

5 at the third(fret)  pinky finger

6 not played or muted ....*

*(if you have a hard time with the barre shape) otherwise it would be played on the first fret)

   F# is the next chord on the guitar neck in the same position

1  at the second(fret)

2  at the second(fret)

3  at the third (fret)

4  at the fourth

5  at the fourth

6  not played or muted

   G would be the next on the neck , slide 'em all up one   etc...

If you only need to approximate the sound a rocker technique is to play only a root and a fifth of the chord

you could play

6th string  second fret

5th string   fourth fret 

and for good measure  the octave of the F# played on

4th string   fourth fret.

These are all moveable or mobile chord shapes the only thing that changes is the fret postition and the name of the chord!

The root/fifth /octave shape derives the chord name  or (tonic)

from the note on the sixth string.

1st position is F

2nd pos.  is  F#

3rd position is G  ....etc

Hope you are not confused.  I'm trying to explain this in the simplest terms and hope it is useful for you!

I remember learning F chord it was a good while till I got it sounding well!

i officially hate barr chords!  no matter what i do, i just dud the strings every time!  I know, I know...practice practice!  perhaps its my crap guitar! (bad workman blaming his tools!?) hehehe!