Chord Of The Week 28.9.13 - F# / F#7

bigjon

No open position F# - usually played as a barre chord

F#: 244322

There is an open position F#7 - thumb on the sixth string

F#7: 244320

What are your favourite F# or F#7 chords? Mine is this Dream Theatre-ish

F#7add11: 244300

bigjon

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viz

The dream theater one, also steve vai uses it a lot, is a great way of getting The E Lydian sound in your mind.

ESBlonde

x9897x the open C7 shape moved up. you can easily induce vibrato and its great with arpegios.

bigjon

ESBlonde said:

x9897x the open C7 shape moved up. you can easily induce vibrato and its great with arpegios.

Good one! Wisdomed.

mike_l

2x4322 thumb low f# very hendrix.
24xxxx for a jailbreak f# also works in maidens flight of icarus
9-9-11-11-x-x for the heaviest f#(no 3rd) works well chromatically descending

HAL9000

If you're counting F#m too then my fave is F#m11 played as...

E 0

A 4

D 4

G 2

B 0

E 0

bigjon

HAL9000 said:

If you're counting F#m too then my fave is F#m11 played as...

Steady on, at the rate we're going F#m will get its own discussion in 3 months or so :-)

viz

0-2 x x x 5 5 Beginning of foxey lady. Genius.