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F#/C Guitar Chord

The fundamental chord with a bright, happy and stable sound. Forms the basis of most popular, rock, folk and classical music. Consists of three notes: the root, major third and perfect fifth. This is a slash chord — the bass note is C instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–3–4–3–2–2

How to play the F#/C chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–3–4–3–2–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 3 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · pinky
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · index finger

Other names for the F#/C chord

Other names: F# major, F#maj, F#M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: F# major chord

Notes and intervals in the F#/C chord

Note Interval
F# Root
A# Major 3rd
C# Perfect 5th
C Bass note

All variations

Open
X–3–4–3–2–2
Fret 9
X–X–10–11–11–9
Open
X–3–4–3–2–X
Fret 8
8–9–11–11–11–X

More chords with F# as the root

The same chord type in other keys