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Fig. 1 · F · easy

ukulele chord

F

F1A3C5

A major third and a perfect fifth over the root.

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

3
Fig. 2

x553

easy

8
Fig. 3

a988

hard

8
Fig. 4

a98x

easy

5
Fig. 5

x558

moderate · barre · no 5

What is true of it

F is F, A and C — 1, 3 and 5 counted from F.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 4 fingerings below is x553: 3 fingers, held at the 3rd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 4 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 6 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are F, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

F/A

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second inversion

F/C

x010

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

F in other shapes

FmminorFdimdiminishedFaugaugmentedF5power chordFsus2suspended secondFsus4suspended fourth

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