# F♯, the F♯ major guitar chord

F♯ is the F grip slid up one fret: the index barres all six strings at the 2nd fret while the other fingers hold the same shape above it. The barre gives a little more easily here than at F, because the strings loosen as you leave the nut. Songs in B lean on F♯ the way songs in C lean on G. The middle finger on the G string carries the note that makes this chord major, so pick that string and make sure it speaks.

F♯

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the low E string (6th), B string (2nd) and high E string (1st), 2nd fret.
- Middle finger on the G string (3rd), 3rd fret.
- Ring finger on the A string (5th), 4th fret.
- Pinky on the D string (4th), 4th fret.

## Changes to practice

Holding F♯ still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice F♯ as changes, alongside the rest of the Barres in Every Key set:

- [F♯ ↔ E♭](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-major/) F♯ major to E♭ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.maj.A~F%23.maj.E)
- [F♯ ↔ A♭](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-major/) F♯ major to A♭ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F%23.maj.E~G%23.maj.E)
- [F♯ ↔ G♯m](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-sharp-minor/) F♯ major to G♯ minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F%23.maj.E~G%23.min.E)
- [F♯ ↔ C♯](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-major/) F♯ major to C♯ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj.A~F%23.maj.E)
- [F♯ ↔ E♭m](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-minor/) F♯ major to E♭ minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.min.A~F%23.maj.E)
- [F♯ ↔ B♭m](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-minor/) F♯ major to B♭ minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.min.A~F%23.maj.E)
- [F♯ ↔ Fm](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-minor/) F♯ major to F minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F%23.maj.E~F.min.E)

## Same root, different color

- [F♯m](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-minor/), F♯ minor
- [F♯7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-7/), F♯ dominant 7
- [F♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-minor-7/), F♯ minor 7
- [F♯maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-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 F♯ in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.maj.A~F%23.maj.E)