F7, the F dominant 7 guitar chord
F7 is the open E7 grip carried up one fret: the index barres all six strings at the 1st fret, in the same place the F barre sits. It is F with the pinky lifted off the D string, and that one change turns the chord restless, leaning toward B♭ the way E7 leans toward A. Blues in C is full of it. The D string now rings under the barre alone, which is exactly where a tired index finger gives up. Pick that string by itself before you strum.
How to play it
- Index finger flattened across the low E string (6th), D string (4th), B string (2nd) and high E string (1st), 1st fret.
- Middle finger on the G string (3rd), 2nd fret.
- Ring finger on the A string (5th), 3rd fret.
Changes to practice
Holding F7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to arrive at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice F7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre 7ths set: