F♯ major chord (F♯)

F♯ is F♯, A♯ and C♯: 1–3–5 built on F♯. Here it is on guitar, piano and ukulele. Tap Play on any of them.

On guitar

F♯ on guitar: every shape, finger by finger

On piano

F♯ on piano: fingering and inversions

On ukulele

F♯ on ukulele: all shapes

F♯ and the chords around it

Here's what the hand does on the most common changes, on guitar and on piano.

• F♯ → B (IV in F♯ major)
  Guitar: F♯ (2-4-4-3-2-2) to B (x-2-4-4-4-2): the index finger lays across the A to high E strings at the 2nd fret, the middle finger goes to the D string, 4th fret, your ring finger lands on the G string, 4th fret. No finger can stay, so practice lifting all of them together and landing the new shape as a unit. F♯ carries over from one chord to the other.
  Piano: F♯ to B: play B in 2nd inversion (F♯–B–D♯) and F♯ stays under the same finger, while A♯ moves up to B and C♯ up to D♯. B
• F♯ → C♯ (V in F♯ major)
  Guitar: F♯ (2-4-4-3-2-2) to C♯ (x-4-6-6-6-4): the index finger lays across the A to high E strings at the 4th fret, move the middle finger to the D string, 6th fret, the ring finger goes to the G string, 6th fret. Everything moves: lift the whole hand and place the new shape in one go. Listen for C♯, which stays put while the rest moves.
  Piano: F♯ to C♯: play C♯ in 1st inversion (E♯–G♯–C♯) and C♯ stays under the same finger, while F♯ moves down to E♯ and A♯ down to G♯. C♯
• F♯ → E♭m (vi in F♯ major)
  Guitar: F♯ (2-4-4-3-2-2) to E♭m (x-x-1-3-4-2): move the index finger to the D string, 1st fret, move the middle finger to the high E string, 2nd fret, your ring finger lands on the G string, 3rd fret. No finger can stay, so practice lifting all of them together and landing the new shape as a unit. The two chords share F♯ and A♯, which is why the change sounds smooth.
  Piano: F♯ to E♭m: play E♭m in 1st inversion (G♭–B♭–E♭) and G♭ and B♭ stay under the same fingers, while C♯ moves up to E♭. E♭m

Guitar with a capo: capo 2, E shape; capo 4, D shape; capo 6, C shape. Ukulele with a capo: capo 1, F shape; capo 2, E shape; capo 4, D shape; capo 6, C shape.

How F♯ is built

F♯ has the stable, upbeat sound of every major triad. Play it after a minor chord and you'll hear the light come back in.

Count keys (black and white) from F♯: 4 half steps up to A♯ then 3 half steps up to C♯. You may also see it as G♭: same keys, same frets.

Keys and progressions with F♯

You'll find F♯ as I in F♯ major, IV in D♭ major and V in B major. On the minor side it's III in E♭ minor, V in B minor (borrowing the raised 7th), VI in B♭ minor and VII in G♯ minor.

• F♯ major
• D♭ major
• B major
• E♭ minor
• B minor
• B♭ minor
• G♯ minor

In F♯ major, I–V–vi–IV is F♯ – C♯ – D♯m – B. the pop progression

I–IV–V in F♯ major runs F♯ – B – C♯ – F♯. the three-chord progression

Play I–vi–IV–V in F♯ major and you get F♯ – D♯m – B – C♯. the 50s progression

D♯m – B – F♯ – C♯: that's vi–IV–I–V in the key of F♯ major. the minor-feel pop loop

Chords close to F♯

• F♯ and F♯m differ by one note: A♯ in F♯, A in F♯m. They share F♯ and C♯. F♯m
• F♯ and E♭m differ by one note: C♯ in F♯, E♭ in E♭m. They share F♯ and A♯. E♭m

Chords that share most of their notes with F♯: E♭m7, F♯7, F♯maj7, F♯add9, F♯6, F♯9.

Every F♯ chord

• F♯m
• F♯7
• F♯maj7
• F♯m7
• F♯sus4
• F♯sus2
• F♯add9
• F♯dim
• G♭aug
• F♯6
• F♯m6
• F♯9
• F♯dim7
• F♯m7♭5

Every diagram on this page is generated from the notes F♯, A♯ and C♯ and checked automatically so the sound matches the drawing. Updated September 2026.