Learn these 3 shapes for F#m on the guitar fretboard.
Master the entire fretboard of the guitar, these minor chord shapes get you well on your way.
Each of these minor chord shapes is moveable, that means you can play every mnor chord, all up the fretboard of the guitar.
All 3 shapes that you see on the fretboard below create an F#m chord. Thje first one reminds me of a hockey stick. If you can think of your own image for each chord shape it can make it more fun to remember how to play any chord.
In the middle of the fretboard we have a triangle shaped F#m chord.
Any of these shapes can be moved up or down the fretboard to play ANY minor chord.
I you move any of these F#m shapes up by one fret, you get a G minor chord. Move it up again by 2 more frets now you have an Am chord, and so on. You can play all 12 different minor chords, just by moving up or down the guitar neck.
A certain position on the guitar neck just might yield that particular sweet sound for the song you are playing,, or the other musicians you are playing with.
The video details the fingering for all 3 shapes of the F#m chord and shows some of the other minor chords you can achieve by moving the shapes around on the guitar.
The shape above reminds me of an Am chord. Even though this is an F#m chord, if you slide the shape back to the first and second frets, you get Am. Try sliding this shape around the fretboard to create a variety of minor chords.
