F Minor Guitar Chord

Notes: F - Ab - C

Formula: 1 - ♭3 - 5

Intervals: Root, Minor 3rd, Perfect 5th

Fm

Standard

Fm

8×
A Shape (Fret 8)

How to Play Fm

  1. 1Barre your index finger across fret 1 (low E, G, B, high E strings)
  2. 2Place your ring finger on fret 3 of the A string
  3. 3Place your pinky finger on fret 3 of the D string

About Minor Chords

Built from the 1st, flatted 3rd, and 5th notes of the major scale. Minor chords sound darker and more melancholy.

F Minor on Other Instruments

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Progressions with F Minor

I - V - vi - IV

Key of Ab

AbEbFmC#

vi - IV - I - V

Key of Ab

FmC#AbEb

I - vi - IV - V

Key of Ab

AbFmC#Eb

ii - V - I

Key of Eb

FmBb7Eb

Other F Chords

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Other Minor Chords

CmC#mDmEbmEmF#mGmAbmAmBbmBm