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Fbm on guitar

Fbm is a minor, spelled Fb, Abb and Cb. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 022000, which sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 2 and lets 4 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteFbAbbCb
Interval1P3m5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

Fb minor, open position, capo 0
022000sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 2 and lets 4 strings ring open
Fb minor, position 5, capo 05fr21
075000sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets and lets 4 strings ring open
Fb minor, open position, capo 0
xxx000is played entirely on open strings, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
Fb minor, position 9, capo 09fr21
0109000sits at fret 9, spans 1 fret and lets 4 strings ring open
Fb minor, position 7, capo 07fr12
079000sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets and lets 4 strings ring open
Fb minor, position 8, capo 08fr321
0109080sits at fret 8, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
Fb minor, position 4, capo 04fr321
075400sits at fret 4, spans 3 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
Fb minor, position 14, capo 014fr
01414000sits at fret 14, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 14 and lets 4 strings ring open
Fb minor, position 12, capo 012fr231
014140012sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
Fb minor, open position, capo 03241
xx5453sits at fret 3, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings
Fb minor, position 10, capo 010fr12
01014000sits at fret 10, spans 4 frets and lets 4 strings ring open
Fb minor, open position, capo 02
022003sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 2 and lets 3 strings ring open

The five shapes

Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. Fbm turns up as an E shape: E at the nut.

Fb minor, open position, capo 0
E shapeFbm as an E shape: the open shape itself, fingered 022000 against the nut.

Keys Fbm belongs to

Fbm is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Fbm in another tuning

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