Guitar tuning

Every chord in American Football tuning

F·A·C·G·C·E

American Football tuning is F A C G C E, low to high. Compared with standard tuning, the 6th string goes from E to F (up a semitone); the 4th string goes from D to C (down a whole step); the 2nd string goes from B to C (up a semitone). This chart gives you an easy shape for 108 chords: major, minor, power, dominant 7, minor 7, major 7, sus2, sus4 and add9, on all 12 roots.

Strings run low to high (F A C G C E). A number is the fret, 0 is an open string and x is a string you don't play. A label such as 5fr beside a diagram marks where a shape starts higher up the neck. Tap any chord to open that exact shape in the app, along with every other way to play it.

C C# D Eb E F F# G Ab A Bb B

C chords in American Football tuning

C x x 0 0 0 0 384 voicings → Cm x x 0 0 3 3 254 voicings → C5 x x 0 0 0 x 178 voicings → C7 2 1 0 0 0 0 311 voicings → Cm7 x 3 3 3 3 3 224 voicings → Cmaj7 2 2 0 0 0 0 302 voicings → Csus2 x x 0 0 2 3 373 voicings → Csus4 x x 0 0 0 1 446 voicings → Cadd9 x 3 2 0 0 0 332 voicings →

C# chords in American Football tuning

C# x x 1 1 1 1 127 voicings → C#m x x 1 1 1 0 146 voicings → C#5 x x 1 1 1 x 59 voicings → C#7 x 4 5 4 5 4 82 voicings → C#m7 x 4 4 4 4 4 90 voicings → C#maj7 x 4 0 1 1 1 245 voicings → C#sus2 x x 1 1 3 4 94 voicings → C#sus4 x x 1 1 1 2 93 voicings → C#add9 x 4 3 1 1 1 105 voicings →

D chords in American Football tuning

D x x 2 2 2 2 101 voicings → Dm x 5 5 7 5 5 247 voicings → D5 x x 2 2 2 x 109 voicings → D7 x 0 0 2 2 2 198 voicings → Dm7 x 5 5 5 5 5 370 voicings → Dmaj7 4 4 2 2 2 2 120 voicings → Dsus2 x x 2 2 2 0 230 voicings → Dsus4 x x 2 2 2 3 271 voicings → Dadd9 9 9 9 9 9 0 146 voicings →

Eb chords in American Football tuning

Eb x x 3 3 3 3 114 voicings → Ebm x 6 6 8 6 6 82 voicings → Eb5 x x 3 3 3 x 53 voicings → Eb7 x 6 7 6 7 6 93 voicings → Ebm7 x 6 6 6 6 6 72 voicings → Ebmaj7 5 5 3 3 3 3 113 voicings → Ebsus2 x x 3 3 3 1 139 voicings → Ebsus4 x x 3 3 3 4 82 voicings → Ebadd9 x 6 5 3 3 3 140 voicings →

E chords in American Football tuning

E x x 4 4 4 4 89 voicings → Em x x 4 4 7 0 192 voicings → E5 x x 4 4 4 x 79 voicings → E7 x 7 8 7 8 7 86 voicings → Em7 x 7 7 7 7 7 145 voicings → Emaj7 6 6 4 4 4 4 93 voicings → Esus2 x x 4 4 6 0 129 voicings → Esus4 x x 4 4 4 5 178 voicings → Eadd9 x 7 6 4 4 4 77 voicings →

F chords in American Football tuning

F 0 0 0 2 0 x 436 voicings → Fm 0 8 8 10 8 8 241 voicings → F5 0 3 5 x x x 228 voicings → F7 0 0 0 2 3 x 285 voicings → Fm7 0 3 3 1 0 x 197 voicings → Fmaj7 0 0 0 2 0 0 403 voicings → Fsus2 0 3 5 0 0 x 446 voicings → Fsus4 0 3 5 3 0 x 304 voicings → Fadd9 0 0 0 0 0 x 482 voicings →

F# chords in American Football tuning

F# x x 6 6 6 6 78 voicings → F#m x x 6 6 9 9 150 voicings → F#5 x x 6 6 6 x 59 voicings → F#7 x 9 10 9 10 9 115 voicings → F#m7 x 9 9 9 9 9 190 voicings → F#maj7 8 8 6 6 6 6 97 voicings → F#sus2 x x 1 1 1 2 93 voicings → F#sus4 x x 6 6 6 7 90 voicings → F#add9 1 1 1 1 1 x 65 voicings →

G chords in American Football tuning

G 2 2 2 0 x x 101 voicings → Gm 2 1 2 0 x x 160 voicings → G5 x x x 0 2 3 109 voicings → G7 9 8 7 7 7 7 160 voicings → Gm7 x 10 10 10 10 10 205 voicings → Gmaj7 9 9 7 7 7 7 91 voicings → Gsus2 x x 2 2 2 3 271 voicings → Gsus4 x 5 0 0 0 x 373 voicings → Gadd9 2 2 2 2 2 x 132 voicings →

Ab chords in American Football tuning

Ab 3 3 3 1 0 x 173 voicings → Abm 3 2 3 1 x x 73 voicings → Ab5 x x x 1 3 4 34 voicings → Ab7 10 9 8 8 8 8 121 voicings → Abm7 x 6 6 4 6 4 69 voicings → Abmaj7 3 3 3 0 0 x 204 voicings → Absus2 3 1 3 1 x x 82 voicings → Absus4 3 4 3 1 1 x 94 voicings → Abadd9 3 3 3 3 0 x 163 voicings →

A chords in American Football tuning

A x 0 1 2 1 0 209 voicings → Am x 0 0 2 0 0 405 voicings → A5 x 0 4 2 x x 101 voicings → A7 x 0 4 0 1 0 291 voicings → Am7 x 0 0 0 0 0 468 voicings → Amaj7 x 0 1 1 1 0 187 voicings → Asus2 x 0 4 4 4 x 178 voicings → Asus4 x 0 2 2 2 0 230 voicings → Aadd9 4 4 4 4 4 x 118 voicings →

Bb chords in American Football tuning

Bb 5 5 5 7 5 x 144 voicings → Bbm x 1 1 3 1 1 129 voicings → Bb5 x x x 3 5 6 59 voicings → Bb7 x 1 2 1 2 1 131 voicings → Bbm7 x 1 1 1 1 1 98 voicings → Bbmaj7 5 5 5 7 5 5 184 voicings → Bbsus2 5 3 5 3 0 x 304 voicings → Bbsus4 x 1 3 3 3 1 139 voicings → Bbadd9 5 5 5 5 5 x 232 voicings →

B chords in American Football tuning

B 6 6 6 8 6 x 67 voicings → Bm x 2 2 4 2 2 72 voicings → B5 x x x 4 6 7 30 voicings → B7 x 2 3 2 3 2 103 voicings → Bm7 x 2 2 2 2 2 93 voicings → Bmaj7 6 6 6 8 6 6 71 voicings → Bsus2 x 2 1 4 1 2 90 voicings → Bsus4 6 7 6 9 6 0 129 voicings → Badd9 6 6 6 6 6 x 54 voicings →

Try any of these in the app

Open—Shape shows every voicing of every chord in American Football tuning, and lets you hear them and chain them into a progression.

Open American Football in the app American Football tuning guide

Questions

Do my standard-tuning chord shapes still work in American Football tuning?

Partly. 3 of the 6 strings change, so a standard shape that avoids them (it can only use the 5th, 3rd, 1st strings) keeps its fingering and its sound. Any shape that uses a changed string sounds different and needs adjusting, which is what the chart above does for you.

How were these shapes chosen?

The chord engine searches every way to voice each chord in American Football tuning, then these are the easiest of them: no thumb, at most four fingers, within four frets, a root or fifth in the bass, and no muted string between played ones, preferring low positions and fewer muted strings. Each card says how many other voicings exist, and tapping it opens that exact shape in the app.

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