F#5 chord on guitar

F# power chord

134xxxEADGBe
244xxxAt fret 2

F#5 is a power chord with two notes: F# and C#. Learn it first at fret 2, with three fingers. 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 on the low E string, fret 2
  2. Ring on the A string, fret 4
  3. Pinky on the D string, fret 4

The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.

Strings to skip

Play only the low E, A and D strings. Keep the G, B and high e strings silent.

Shape
At fret 2
Fingers
Threeindex, ring and pinky
Strings played
Threelow E, A and D
Open strings
Noneevery played string is fretted
Lowest note
F#2the root, on the low E string
Frets
2 4 4 x x xlow E to high e, x means skip it

The notes in F#5

  • F#root
  • C#perfect fifth

A power chord is only the root and the perfect fifth. With no third, it is neither major nor minor. C# is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root.

String by string

  1. high e string: not played
  2. B string: not played
  3. G string: not played
  4. D string: F#3root
  5. A string: C#3perfect fifth
  6. low E string: F#2root

Every note of F#5 is in this shape, some of them twice.

Another way to play it

  • xxxEADGBe9At fret 9x 9 11 11 x xRoot on the A string.

Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.

Open the chord detector, play F#5 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.