# 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.

F7

## 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:

- [F7 ↔ B7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-7/) F dominant 7 to B dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.7.A~F.7.E)
- [F7 ↔ B♭7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-7/) F dominant 7 to B♭ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.7.A~F.7.E)
- [F7 ↔ F♯7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-7/) F dominant 7 to F♯ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F%23.7.E~F.7.E)
- [F7 ↔ A♭7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-7/) F dominant 7 to A♭ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F.7.E~G%23.7.E)
- [F7 ↔ E♭7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-7/) F dominant 7 to E♭ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.7.A~F.7.E)
- [F7 ↔ C♯7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-7/) F dominant 7 to C♯ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.7.A~F.7.E)

## Same root, different color

- [F](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-major/), F major
- [Fm](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-minor/), F minor
- [Fm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-minor-7/), F minor 7
- [Fmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-major-7/), F major 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill F7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.7.A~F.7.E)