F5

F5 is F and C, a power chord. The shape this page opens on is written 133xxx, lowest string first.

Also written F(no 3rd) or F power chord. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 3 common shapes for F5 on the guitar, and 23 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of F5 belongs to C major (the IV), C minor (the iv), C# major (the iii), D minor (the ♭III), Eb major (the ii), F major (the I), F minor (the i), G minor (the ♭VII), Ab major (the vi), A minor (the ♭VI), Bb major (the V) and Bb minor (the v).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 133xxx, x-8-10-x-x-x, 13-15-15-x-x-x.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. F5 has 133xxx, x335xx, x-8-10-10-x-x, 8-8-10-x-x-x, 8-8-10-10-x-x, 13-15-15-x-x-x, 1335xx, xx356x.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.