F♯7, the F♯ dominant 7 guitar chord
F♯7 is the same E7 grip as F7, one fret higher, and the barre gives a little more easily this far from the nut. Songs in B use it the way songs in A use open E7, hauling the music back to the home chord. The pinky stays off the D string here too, so that string is fretted by the barre alone. It’s the first note to go quiet when the index arches. Check it rings before you count yourself done.
How to play it
- Index finger flattened across the low E string (6th), D string (4th), 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.
Changes to practice
Holding F♯7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to arrive at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice F♯7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre 7ths set: