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F minor · E shape
Fm guitar chord
What it is
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Notes
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F minor added ninth · Frets 1–3
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F minor added eleventh · Frets 1–3
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F minor major seventh · Frets 1–2
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How to play Fm on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the six strings at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret and your little finger on the D string at the 3rd fret.
From the low E string 1 3 3 1 1 1 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier Fm
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your little finger on the D string at the 3rd fret, your index finger on the G string at the 1st fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 1st fret and your ring finger on the high E string at the 1st fret. Don’t play the low E and A strings.
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Fm, the easier shape
StandardFrets 1–3 · 4 strings
What notes are in Fm?
Fm, F minor, is F, A♭ and C: the root (F), the minor third (A♭) and the perfect fifth (C). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5.
What is the difference between Fm and F?
One note. Fm has the minor third, A♭; F raises it a half step to A.
Can I play Fm7 instead of Fm?
Usually, yes. Fm7 adds E♭ to the three notes of Fm, which softens it without changing what it does in a song.
What is the relative major of Fm?
A♭: it has the same notes as the key of F minor, and its chord shares two of the three notes of Fm.
Keys with Fm
Fm is the iii chord in D♭ major, the ii chord in E♭ major, the vi chord in A♭ major, the iv chord in C minor, the i chord in F minor and the v chord in B♭ minor.
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