F#minor

[Yoko Oh No]

it could be just me....but i love playing in this key

for whatever the reason, this key seems to really sound beautiful coming out of my guitar

i love the places you can go on the fretboard when playing in this key, and the augmentations are wonderful

i don't sing especially well in this key, so it doesn't have anything to do with my voice

does anyone else find certain keys sound better than others on their particular instrument?

 

[walrus]

That is a cool bluesy key!

I seem to graviate towards the major keys - I love to pick out a solo in E major. I don't why, it just is.

By the way, what happened to Shemp?

walrus

 

[Yoko Oh No]

By the way, what happened to Shemp?

walrus

Shemp is dead (do you remember that short when Shemp died...Larry and Moe were really broken up over it....but before Shemp could get into heaven he had to return to earth and convert Moe and Larry. God, the stooges were/are the best).

Seriously, Shemp's on vacation, and my best friend Tommy is taking his place for a bit....Shemp will return....

 

[idealassets]

i love playing in this key

What songs do you do in this key? Is there any chart, or what are the other chords?

Thank you,
Craig

 

[dapmdave]

I'm a G kinda guy, myself. Probably comes from having been in a bluegrass band in a previous incarnation. Also fond of the keys of E and A, in which the F#m chord can show up.

Dave

 

[southernGuild]

....Shemp will return....

Now, That is some good news! 'Tommy' is Rockstar-Pinball wizard cool ( Tommy, Can you hear me?).....but I do miss Shemp already.
We live in this Shempless society...and seeing him here on LTG was a good thing. Without seeing him here...It could be years between sightings! :shock: I crave his inglorious return Yoko.
Bring back the Shemp....soon. :wink:
Now to that F#m......I seldon go there, but thanks to this, I just did.
I like it. Evocative, melancholy, and moody little bugger isn't it. A good start to a song there.

 

[walrus]

"Moody" is a good name for it! Speaking of moody, to follow up on Dave's E major/F#m comment, a great song in E that also has a very crucial F#m is Lennon's "Don't Let Me Down". Here is a simple version:

http://www.e-chords.com/chords/the-beat ... et-me-down

There's more you can do with this song, but those are the basic chords. And the riff within the song (and intro):

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------9---9----9----------------|
|-------------9---9h11-9----------------|
|--------9h11----------------9--12--11-|
|-0-------------------------------------|


walrus

 

[silverfox103]

F#m is the related minor key to the key of "A"

The chords you could use: Amaj7, Bm7, Cm7, Dmaj7, E7, Fm7, Gdim7

It could also be used in the Key of "E": Emaj7, Fm7, Gm7, Amaj7, B7, Cm7, Ddim7

You can drop some of the 7's if you want.

Tom C.

 

[J-F C]

Personnaly I'm the Am kinda guy.

 

[Yoko Oh No]

Personnaly I'm the Am kinda guy.

F#minor is Am's intellectual cousin :roll:

 

[J-F C]

[quote="J-F C":3v0w3s78]Personnaly I'm the Am kinda guy.

F#minor is Am's intellectual cousin :roll:[/quote:3v0w3s78]

Rolling eyes really ?

 

[Ravon]

I play in F#m alot. It's fun using hammer-ons and offs with the open E and A.

 

[guitarelic]

Help me out here: F#mcomprises what combination of notes for the six strings starting with the wound 6th & ending with the wire 1st ? Thanx... Guitarelic :?: :?:

 

[silverfox103]

F# C# F# A C# F#------Bar Chord, 2nd fret------2 4 4 2 2 2

tom c.

 

[dapmdave]

Help me out here: F#mcomprises what combination of notes for the six strings starting with the wound 6th & ending with the wire 1st ? Thanx... Guitarelic :?: :?:

For the visually inclined players among us (like me):

Dave

 

[Yoko Oh No]

Help me out here: F#mcomprises what combination of notes for the six strings starting with the wound 6th & ending with the wire 1st ? Thanx... Guitarelic :?: :?:

For the visually inclined players among us (like me):

Dave

isn't it awesome? if you had two fingers blown off in a lab explosion you could still play this chord!!

 

[silverfox103]

As the saying goes "A picture is worth a thousand words."

Tom C.

 

[walrus]

Actually, with two fingers blown off you could do a lot more - if you were Django Reinhardt!!

walrus

 

[guitarelic]

Thanx guys! I'll be goin' there ( F#m) shortly to see for myself......."On Beyond Zebra" :!:

 

[chazmo]

Tom, please see your PM.