Guitar chords · Major 7th
F♯maj7 chord on guitar (F#maj7)
F♯maj7 (F♯ major 7th) has four notes: F♯, A♯, C♯ and E♯ (played as F), the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5 and 7.
Shapes
How to play F♯maj7
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
F♯maj7 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 2 or the A shape at fret 9. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
E shape · fret 2
A shape · fret 9
Notes and formula
What makes F♯maj7 major 7th
A major A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords. adds the note a The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯. below the The distance of twelve half steps, where a note comes round to the same name. Twelve frets up a string is an octave. to a major chord. It sounds soft, open and a little dreamy, at home in jazz, bossa nova and soul.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd and the 7th make F♯maj7 a major A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords.; you can leave out the 5th.
- F♯Rroot
- A♯3essential
- C♯5optional
- E♯7essential
- F♯, the root
- Other chord tones
F♯maj7 and G♭maj7 are the same chord with two names: same The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step., same sound. Which one you see depends on the key the song is written in.
Keys
Keys with F♯maj7
F♯maj7 belongs to four keys: F♯ major (Imaj7), C♯ major (IVmaj7), D♯ minor (IIImaj7) and A♯ minor (VImaj7).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Progressions
Progressions with F♯maj7
Common progressions that use F♯maj7, each in a key that spells it F♯maj7. The outlined chord is F♯maj7.
Jazz ii–V–I in F♯ major
ii7 – V7 – Imaj7
- G♯m7
- C♯7
- F♯maj7
Each chord falls a fifth to the next — a walk anticlockwise around the circle.
Heard in Autumn Leaves, Fly Me to the Moon
Slash chords
F♯maj7 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps F♯maj7 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- F♯maj7/A♯
F♯maj7 with its 3rd, A♯, in the bass: the first inversion.
- F♯maj7/C♯
F♯maj7 with its 5th, C♯, in the bass: the second inversion.
- F♯maj7/E♯
F♯maj7 with its 7th, E♯, in the bass: the third inversion.
Same root
Other chords on F♯ / G♭
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- F♯ major
- F♯m minor
- F♯7 dominant 7th
- F♯m7 minor 7th
- F♯sus2 suspended 2nd
- F♯sus4 suspended 4th
- F♯6 major 6th
- F♯m6 minor 6th
- F♯add9 add 9
- F♯9 dominant 9th
- F♯maj9 major 9th
- F♯m9 minor 9th
- F♯13 dominant 13th
- F♯maj13 major 13th
- F♯m11 minor 11th
- F♯° diminished
- F♯m7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- F♯°7 diminished 7th
- G♭+ augmented
- F♯5 power chord
- F♯7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- F♯m(maj7) minor major 7th
- F♯6/9 six-nine
- F♯m(add9) minor add 9
- F♯7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
F♯maj7, in short
- What notes are in the F♯maj7 chord?
- F♯maj7 (F♯ major 7th) has four notes: F♯, A♯, C♯ and E♯ (played as F), the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5 and 7.
- How do you play F♯maj7 on guitar?
- F♯maj7 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 2 or the A shape at fret 9.
- What key is F♯maj7 in?
- F♯maj7 belongs to four keys: F♯ major (Imaj7), C♯ major (IVmaj7), D♯ minor (IIImaj7) and A♯ minor (VImaj7).
- Is F♯maj7 the same as G♭maj7?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. F♯maj7 is the spelling in F♯ major, C♯ major, D♯ minor and A♯ minor; G♭maj7 in G♭ major, D♭ major, E♭ minor and B♭ minor.