F chord on guitar
F major
F is a major chord with three notes: F, A and C. Learn it first as a barre at fret 1, your index finger flat across all six strings. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and two more ways to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index flat across fret 1, all six strings
- Middle on the G string, fret 2
- Ring on the A string, fret 3
- Pinky on the D string, fret 3
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Nothing to skip: strum all six strings.
- Shape
- Barre at fret 1index finger across all six strings at fret 1
- Fingers
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- All six
- Open strings
- Noneevery played string is fretted
- Lowest note
- F2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 1 3 3 2 1 1low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in F
- Froot
- Amajor third
- Cperfect fifth
A major chord is three notes: the root, a major third and a perfect fifth. A is the major third, four frets above the root. C is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: F4root
- B string: C4perfect fifth
- G string: A3major third
- D string: F3root
- A string: C3perfect fifth
- low E string: F2root
Every note of F is in this shape, some of them twice.
Other ways to play it
- Barre at fret 1x x 3 2 1 1Root on the D string.
- Barre at fret 8x 8 10 10 10 8Root on the A string.
Songs in Lark with F
Two songs in the library strum F. Open one for the full chord sheet, then play it with Lark and every chord gets checked.
Related chords
Other F chords
Relative minor
The relative minor of F is Dm. The F major scale uses the same seven notes as the D natural minor scale.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play F and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.