CHORD REFERENCE

F7♯5

F – A – C♯ – E♭1 3 #5 b7

The F 7♯5 chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
F1A3C♯#5E♭b7

F7♯5 is F, A, C#, Eb — the 1, 3, #5 and b7 above the root F.

Piano
FAC♯E♭
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eFAC♯E♭BC♯E♭FAGAC♯E♭FDE♭FAC♯AAC♯E♭FAEFAC♯E♭

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AAC♯E♭FAEFAC♯E♭CC♯E♭FAGAC♯E♭F

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only F, A, C#, Eb plays the chord.

In which keys

F7♯5 is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other F chords

Triads

FMajorFmMinorF5Power Chord (5)FdimDiminishedFaugAugmentedFsus2Suspended 2ndFsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

F6Major 6thFm6Minor 6thF7Dominant 7thFmaj7Major 7thFm7Minor 7thFm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thFdim7Diminished 7thFm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)F7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

F7♭57♭5F7♭97♭9F7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Fadd9Added 9thF6/96/9F9Dominant 9thFmaj9Major 9thFm9Minor 9thF11Dominant 11thF13Dominant 13th
7♯5 on another root
CD♭DE♭EFG♭GA♭AB♭B
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