How to play F# Chord or Gb Chord on Guitar

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Want to learn F# chord (F sharp) or Gb chord (G Flat) on Guitar?

Well Guitar Chords, F# chord (F sharp) is also known as Gb chord (G Flat) chord as both Guitar chords are having same pattern and position and learning F# Chord or Gb Chord is same as learning F Chord on guitar with the correct F Chord formation on Fretboard.

This lesson explain the F# Chord (Gb Chord) structure on Guitar and step by step procedure to learn Guitar Chords F# chord (Gb Chord) on guitar in a easy way  and after practicing you will be able to correctly play F# chord or Gb chord in just few days.

To know how F# chord (Gb Chord) developed I will recommend to go through “Guitar Chords and Position Techniques”. As this explains you the actual technique of how Guitar chords are formed which will include F# chord (Gb Chord) as well.

To play F# chord (Gb Chord) on guitar correctly is the most difficult part to learn for beginners as you need to stretch your fingers a lot and the correct position is to place a complete bar (Barre) on the second Fret using your index finger but if you have already learnt how to play F chord on guitar then it becomes very easy.

Practice and patience is the key of learning guitar chords so let’s make it easier for ourselves as we want to play F# chord (Gb Chord) correctly.

Guitar Chords | How to Put Bar (Barre) on Guitar (F# Chord):

You need to twist your finger a bit to the left side and then apply small pressure. Since your finger front is always soft and so you cannot put bar from the fleshy part of the finger. Finger side is harder than the finger front and hence we always putting bar from the side of finger.

Also, make sure you don’t need to overlap the fret wire (Fret separators). Index finger should be placed near fret separator to close all loops correctly.

Guitar Chords | F# chord (F Sharp) or Gb chord (G Flat):

There are two type of F# guitar chords (F Sharp) or Gb chord (G Flat chord) pattern we can follow to play F# chord (Gb Chord) on guitar,

1.       F# Chord with E major chord pattern with bar (Barre).

2.       F# Chord with A major chord Pattern with bar (Barre).

To play F# chord (F sharp chord) or Gb chord (G flat Chord) in an E major chord formation you will be playing the chord in lower chord and to play F# chord (Gb) in an A major chord formation you will be playing the chord in higher chord. 

Since both of them are same chord so sound of both of them is same however their pitch will differ. F# (Gb) chord with E major formation will have lower pitch and F# or Gb chord with A major formation in Guitar chords will have higher pitch.

1.    E Major Pattern of F# chord (F sharp) or Gb Chord (G flat)

This F# chord or Gb Chord formation in Guitar Chords will be done by putting Bar on second fret by your index finger and rest of the finger will be forming E major chord pattern in terms of picking strings (middle finger on third string and third fret, place your index finger on fifth string and forth fret and pinky finger on forth string forth fret)

Here you will see the pattern of F# Chord or Gb Chord on Guitar fretboard.

Fig. Representation of F# guitar chord (F sharp) or Gb chord (G flat) in E chord pattern

2.       A Major Pattern of F# guitar chord (F sharp) or Gb Chord (G flat)

This F# chord or Gb chord pattern will be formed in Guitar Chords by putting Bar on the ninth fret by your index finger and rest of the finger will be forming

How to play F# chord or Gb chord on guitar:

A major chord formation in terms of picking strings (middle finger on forth string eleventh fret, index finger on third string eleventh fret and pinky finger on second string eleventh fret).

Fig. Representation of F# chord (F sharp) or Gb chord (G flat) in A chord pattern

Remember, we don’t need to strum sixth string while playing F# chord (F sharp chord) or Gb chord (G flat Chord) pattern. You try to strum string 5^th to string 1^st only. Also, playing F# chord (Gb) and playing F chord on guitar there is a difference one fret towards right side only (for right handed guitarist) and playing F# chord with E major pattern is popular pattern (F# chord in A major chord formation is generally ignored).

Please try to play both the F# chord (Gb Chord) pattern chord on guitar (Chord A and Chord E pattern) as explained above and comment if you are facing any issue in playing after couple of tries.

Guitar Chords | F# Chord or Gb Chord Variations:

You can try playing F# Chord with bar chord shape as explained in the above post. We understand playing Guitar chords with barre are quite tough for beginners so there are 4 alternatives of F# chord also.

Let’s discuss F# barre Guitar chords alternate F# Chord easy and useful patterns:

1.     F# Chord or Gb Chord:

To play F# chord or Gb Chord put your index finger on 1^st string 9^th fret, put ring finger on 3^rd string 11^th fret and smaller finger on 2^nd string 11^th fret.

Fig. F# Chord or Gb Chord Variation-1

Since, you will be playing this F# Chord pattern on higher frets so string 4, 5 and 6 will not be played. Start strumming from 3^rd string only.

2.     F#7 Chord or Gb7 Chord:

F#7 Chord or Gb7 Chord is the next alternative of F# Chord in the series.

Fig. F# Chord or Gb Chord Variation-2

To play F#7 Chord or Gb Chord place your index finger on 2^nd string 2^nd fret, middle finger on 3^rd string 3^rd fret and ring finger on 4^th string 4^th fret.

3.     F# Chord or Gb Chord (Semi Barre Chord-1):

We can say this F# Chord or Gb Chord pattern as F# Chord Semi Barre pattern, this F# Chord share really sound nice.

Fig. F# Chord or Gb Chord Variation-3

To play F# Chord put a semi bar from index finger on 1^st and 2^nd strings 2^nd fret and place ring finger on 3^rd string 3^rd fret.

4.     F# Chord or Gb Chord (Semi Barre Chord-1):

This F# Chord or Gb Chord shape looks like Barre Chord shape however you just need to pick 6^th string with the help of index finger.

Fig. F# Chord or Gb Chord Variation-4

To play F# Chord this pattern place your index finger on 6^th string 2^nd fret, ring finger on 5^th string 4^th fret, smaller finger on 4^th string 4^th fret and middle finger on 3^rd string 3^rd fret.

Lastly, I want to recommend you to go through the lesson “Guitar Chords and Position Techniques” to build you basics on Guitar chords identification. Believe me this lesson is must watch. However you will find it a bit lengthy and that is because it is very easy to understand in easy language.

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