F♯5 (F♯5)

Also called G♭5 (G♭5).

A power chord: just the root and the fifth, no third. Neither major nor minor, it sounds huge with distortion and slides around the neck as one block.

It’s played as a movable shape, starting at the 2nd fret. With no third, F♯5 can stand in for F♯ major or F♯ minor, especially in rock.

Notes:: F♯, C♯.
Formula:: 1, 5.
Difficulty:: Intermediate.
Strings played:: 3 (low E, A, D).

Chord diagram

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--x--|
D|--4--|
A|--4--|
E|--2--|

Other positions

e|--x---|
B|--x---|
G|--11--|
D|--11--|
A|--9---|
E|--x---|

Capo tip: put the capo at the 2nd fret and play the E5 shape: you hear F♯5, with no barre.The capo

Often played with

The chords in its key, the ones you hear most often around F♯5.

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--4--|
D|--4--|
A|--2--|
E|--x--|

B5IV

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--6--|
D|--6--|
A|--4--|
E|--x--|

D♭5V

e|--x--|
B|--x--|
G|--x--|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|

E5♭VII