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Fm on guitar

Fm is a minor, spelled F, Ab and C. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 133111, which sits at fret 1 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 1. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.

Notes and intervals

NoteFAbC
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.

F minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 1, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 3 with finger 3, fret 1, fret 1, fret 1. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 1, strings 1 to 6.23
133111sits at fret 1 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 1
F minor, position 3, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 3 with finger 1, fret 5 with finger 3, fret 6 with finger 4, fret 4 with finger 2. Frets are relative to the capo.3fr1342
xx3564sits at fret 3, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings
F minor, position 8, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 8, fret 10 with finger 3, fret 10 with finger 4, fret 9 with finger 2, fret 8. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 8, strings 2 to 6.8fr342
x8101098sits at fret 8, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 8 and mutes 1 string
F minor, position 5, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 6 with finger 2, fret 5 with finger 1, fret 6 with finger 3, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.5fr213
xx656xsits at fret 5, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
F minor, position 4, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 6 with finger 3, fret 5 with finger 2, fret 6 with finger 4, fret 4 with finger 1. Frets are relative to the capo.4fr3241
xx6564sits at fret 4, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings
F minor, position 13, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 13, fret 15 with finger 2, fret 15 with finger 3, fret 13, fret 13, fret 13. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 13, strings 1 to 6.13fr23
131515131313sits at fret 13 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 13
F minor, position 6, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 8 with finger 2, fret 8 with finger 3, fret 6 with finger 1, muted, muted, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.6fr231
886xxxsits at fret 6, spans 2 frets and mutes 3 strings
F minor, position 9, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 10 with finger 2, fret 10 with finger 3, fret 9 with finger 1, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.9fr231
xx10109xsits at fret 9, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
F minor, position 10, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 13 with finger 3, fret 11 with finger 2, fret 10, fret 10, fret 13 with finger 4, muted. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 10, strings 3 to 4.10fr324
1311101013xsits at fret 10, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 10 and mutes 1 string
F minor, position 11, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 13 with finger 2, fret 11 with finger 1, fret 15 with finger 4, fret 13 with finger 3, muted, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.11fr2143
13111513xxsits at fret 11, spans 4 frets and mutes 2 strings
F minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 1, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 3 with finger 3, fret 1, fret 1, muted. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 1, strings 1 to 5.23
13311xsits at fret 1, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 1 and mutes 1 string
F minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 1, fret 1, fret 1. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 1, strings 4 to 6.2
xx3111sits at fret 1, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 1 and mutes 2 strings

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. Fm turns up as an E shape, a D shape and an A shape: E at fret 1, D at fret 3, A at fret 8.

F minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 1, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 3 with finger 3, fret 1, fret 1, fret 1. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 1, strings 1 to 6.23
E shapeFm as an E shape: barre at fret 1, fingered 133111.
F minor, position 3, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 3 with finger 1, fret 5 with finger 3, fret 6 with finger 4, fret 4 with finger 2. Frets are relative to the capo.3fr1342
D shapeFm as a D shape: index finger at fret 3, fingered xx3564.
F minor, position 8, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 8, fret 10 with finger 3, fret 10 with finger 4, fret 9 with finger 2, fret 8. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 8, strings 2 to 6.8fr342
A shapeFm as an A shape: barre at fret 8, fingered x8101098.

Keys Fm belongs to

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

Fm in another tuning

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