F♯7 (F♯7)

Also called G♭7 (G♭7).

A dominant seventh chord: a major chord with an added minor seventh. It creates tension that pulls toward the next chord.

There’s no open shape: it’s played as a barre chord, starting at the 2nd fret. It pulls toward B major: you hear it right before the return home in songs in B major, and all over the blues.

Notes:: F♯, A♯, C♯, E.
Formula:: 1, 3, 5, ♭7.
Difficulty:: Intermediate.
Strings played:: 6.

Chord diagram

e|--2--|
B|--2--|
G|--3--|
D|--2--|
A|--4--|
E|--2--|

Other positions

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

Capo tip: put the capo at the 2nd fret and play the E7 shape: you hear F♯7, with no barre.The capo

Often played with

The chords in its key, the ones you hear most often around F♯7.

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

B majorresolution

e|--0--|
B|--0--|
G|--1--|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|

E majorIV of the key

e|--4--|
B|--5--|
G|--6--|
D|--6--|
A|--4--|
E|--x--|

C♯ minorii of the key