F#m7 chord on guitar

F# minor 7th

13EADGBe
242222Barre at fret 2

F#m7 is a minor 7th chord with four notes: F#, A, C# and E. Learn it first as a barre at fret 2, your index finger flat across all six strings. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and one more way 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

  1. Index flat across fret 2, all six strings
  2. Ring on the A string, fret 4

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 2index finger across all six strings at fret 2
Fingers
Twoindex and ring
Strings played
All six
Open strings
Noneevery played string is fretted
Lowest note
F#2the root, on the low E string
Frets
2 4 2 2 2 2low E to high e, x means skip it

The notes in F#m7

  • F#root
  • Aminor third
  • C#perfect fifth
  • Eminor seventh

A minor 7th chord is a minor chord with a minor seventh added on top. A is the minor third, three frets above the root. C# is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. E is the minor seventh, ten frets above the root.

String by string

  1. high e string: F#4root
  2. B string: C#4perfect fifth
  3. G string: A3minor third
  4. D string: E3minor seventh
  5. A string: C#3perfect fifth
  6. low E string: F#2root

Every note of F#m7 is in this shape, some of them twice.

Another way to play it

  • xEADGBe9Barre at fret 9x 9 11 9 10 9Root on the A string.

Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.

Open the chord detector, play F#m7 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.