F♯m7, the F♯ minor 7 guitar chord
F♯m7 is the same Em7 grip as Fm7, one fret higher, and the barre gives a little more easily this far from the nut. It is F♯m with the pinky lifted off the D string. Songs in A and E lean on it, where it does the job open Em7 does in G. The D string sounds under the barre alone and is the first note to vanish when the index arches. Listen for it.
How to play it
- Index finger flattened across the low E string (6th), D string (4th), G string (3rd), B string (2nd) and high E string (1st), 2nd fret.
- Ring finger on the A string (5th), 4th fret.
Changes to practice
Holding F♯m7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to arrive at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice F♯m7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre Minor 7ths set:
- F♯m7 ↔ Bm7 F♯ minor 7 to B minor 7 Drill
- F♯m7 ↔ G♯m7 F♯ minor 7 to G♯ minor 7 Drill
- F♯m7 ↔ C♯m7 F♯ minor 7 to C♯ minor 7 Drill
- F♯m7 ↔ Fm7 F♯ minor 7 to F minor 7 Drill
- F♯m7 ↔ B♭m7 F♯ minor 7 to B♭ minor 7 Drill
- F♯m7 ↔ E♭m7 F♯ minor 7 to E♭ minor 7 Drill