The F Major chord is an interesting chord. It’s very popular, mainly because it gets used in other popular keys (for example the key of C). The standard F chord shape (the first one in the picture below) often gets lumped in with open chords, even though technically, it’s not an open chord itself.
In terms of basic guitar chords, the standard F chord shape is probably the most difficult, because of the fact that you have to play two strings with one finger. You can think of this like a mini bar chord. It’s actually a really good way of building up strength in your first finger, before diving right in to bar chords.
The most common way to play the F chord is in the first position of the guitar. It includes the first two strings being barred by the first finger, which makes it a slightly difficult chord to play at first. Although this chord is technically not an open chord (it doesn’t contain any open strings), it often gets grouped with open chords, because it can be found in many keys that include open chords.
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The easy version of the F chord is identical to the popular F chord, but without the first finger barring the first two strings. Instead, the first finger simply plays the second string and the first string is omitted.
The instructions above are step by step instructions for playing the most common F Major chord shape. These instructions can actually be super helpful when you feel like you’re interpreting the shape incorrectly. By going through the F chord instructions step by step, you can verify that you’re playing the chord correctly.
The F chord can be played as a barre chord by playing a root 6 barre chord shape and starting on the 1st fret or by playing a root 5 barre chord Major shape and starting on the 8th fret:
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Most of the time, when we play the F chord, we play the standard shapes, such as the open position F and the barre chord shapes. However, learning the strict root position and inverted triads is a great way of exploring subtle and interesting variations that exist across the fretboard. The F Major triad can be voiced in the following three ways:
The following shapes are alternative ways of playing the F Major chord shape. They’re not the most common F shapes, but used enough to include here as interesting alternatives.
The F chord can often be substituted with the F sus 4 chord, the F sus 2 chord and the F add 9 chord. The F chord can also be used itself as a substitute for more complicated chords, such as the F Major 7 chord, the F7 chord, and other extension chords which have F as the root note (it can’t be used in place of minor chords though!).
Forming Chords From Scales
The most common and effective scales that can be used to solo/improvise over the F Major chord, or to create melodies for the purposes of song writing are:Is the F chord holding you back from playing some great songs? Some of the most popular song keys on guitar have the F chord, so there’s no way to avoid it. Not to worry! I’m going to show you an easy version of the F chord that sounds great.
The F barre chord is really one of the first major challenges you’ll experience as a guitar player. Of the “first position” Major chords, it’s likely the hardest to play.
But there’s an easier version of this chord. There’s no barring required and it sounds great. I call it the easy F chord for guitar. And if you can play a C Major chord, you’re 90% of the way there to play this easy F chord.
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The easy F chord starts with your index finger on the 1st fret of the 2nd string. Then use your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string. Your ring finger and pinky will play the 3rd fret on the 5th and 4th strings respectively.
For this version of the F chord, you won’t play the high or low E strings. I prefer to mute them with my fretting hand. Gently touch the high e string with your index finger so it doesn’t ring out. Do the same on the low E with your ring finger. For the high e string you can also strum so you don’t play the string. I personally do both.
Your first thought might be “This isn’t the full F barre chord so it won’t sound as good, will it?”. But you might be surprised. Sure, it will sound different. But when you’re strumming through chords you might not even notice a difference.
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(Note: It’s not just the F barre chord that can be made into an ‘easy chord’. The easy F chord is easier to play compared to a full barre chord, but it’s also a different voicing of the F chord. It’s quite common for songwriters to use different chord voicings in songs!)
Now that you know how to play the easy F chord on your guitar, let’s work on chord changes. Knowing the chord doesn’t help unless you can play it smoothly without thinking about it.
(If you’re interested I use the principle of Common Chord Fingers and explain it in more detail in my Real Guitar Success Academy.)
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Even though this easy F chord is extremely useful and can be played anytime you see an F chord, it’s still important to learn the full F barre chord. Mostly because you can play this same shape up and down the neck.
The F barre chord is actually a great first step into the world of barre chords. You’ll learn how barre chords work, and how they’re made.
If you can finger the easy F chord on the guitar, you might be ready to work on the full F barre chord.
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