F#7 Guitar Chord

A tense chord that "wants" to resolve up a fourth. Essential for blues, jazz, rock'n'roll and funk. The added minor seventh creates characteristic tension.

Guitar

Strings 2–4–2–3–2–2

How to play the F#7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 2–4–2–3–2–2 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) Fret 2 · index finger

5th string (A) Fret 4 · ring finger

4th string (D) Fret 2 · index finger

3rd string (G) Fret 3 · middle finger

2nd string (B) Fret 2 · index finger

1st string (high E) Fret 2 · index finger