F♯ ukulele chord

The bright, resolved, "happy" sound. The most common chord in Western music.

F♯ major · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes

How to Play F♯ on Ukulele

The easiest shape is 3121: G string 3rd fret · C string 1st fret · E string 2nd fret · A string 1st fret.

F# ukulele chord, Barre at fret 1

Barre at fret 1

3 1 2 1

F# ukulele chord, Up the neck, fret 44

Up the neck, fret 4

6 6 6 4

F# ukulele chord, Barre at fret 99

Barre at fret 9

11 10 9 9

Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.

Notes in F♯

F♯
root
A♯
3rd
C♯
5th

A ukulele has four strings, so a 3-note chord doubles one of its notes on the spare string. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.

Songs and Keys That Use F♯

F♯ belongs to 3 major keys: C♯ major (as the IV chord), F♯ major (as the I chord) and B major (as the V chord).

  • I – IV – V — the backbone of blues and early rock
  • vi – IV – I – V — the pop-punk staple
  • I – V – vi – IV — the most common progression in pop

F♯ on Other Instruments

  • Guitar: see the F♯ guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
  • Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 4322. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.

Tune first

A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.

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