Fm is the F minor chord, made of the notes F Ab C. Most guitarists play it as 1 3 3 1 1 1, a barre chord at fret 1. Below are all 5 ways to hold Fm on the guitar, from the lowest on the neck to the highest, and the same chord in Drop D and DADGAD. The TabTunix app plays each one. Check out our full chord library.
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Fm
1 3 3 1 1 1
Notes
Degrees: R b3 5. Notes: F Ab C.
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b3Ab
5C
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How to play Fm
The shape most players use is 1 3 3 1 1 1, from the lowest string to the highest. Hold it like this:
Lay your index finger flat across all six strings at fret 1.
Put your ring finger on the A string at fret 3.
Put your little finger on the D string at fret 3.
Fm
1 3 3 1 1 1
5 ways to play Fm
Every shape the chord library holds for Fm in standard tuning, from low on the neck to high. In each one F is the lowest note; they differ in where your hand sits and in which strings ring.
A chord is yours when you can change to it in time. In TabTunix, put Fm and the chord before it into a chord-change exercise, set a target tempo, and play the change to a click that counts you through it. Rate each take, and the app keeps your best tempo, so you see it climb.
F, Ab and C. As degrees they are R b3 5: the root, the minor third and the fifth.
Yes. In the shape most players use, 1 3 3 1 1 1, your index finger lies across all six strings at fret 1. Without a barre you can hold it as X X 3 5 6 4, a closed shape at fret 3.
Fm is iii in Db major, ii in Eb major and vi in Ab major, and it belongs to 3 more keys, listed above.
In Drop D, Fm is 3 3 3 1 1 1, where Standard has 1 3 3 1 1 1.