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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 023
133111sits at fret 1 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 1
F minor, position 3, capo 03fr1342
xx3564sits at fret 3, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings
F minor, position 8, capo 08fr342
x8101098sits at fret 8, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 8 and mutes 1 string
F minor, position 5, capo 05fr213
xx656xsits at fret 5, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
F minor, position 4, capo 04fr3241
xx6564sits at fret 4, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings
F minor, position 13, capo 013fr23
131515131313sits at fret 13 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 13
F minor, position 6, capo 06fr231
886xxxsits at fret 6, spans 2 frets and mutes 3 strings
F minor, position 9, capo 09fr231
xx10109xsits at fret 9, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
F minor, position 10, capo 010fr324
1311101013xsits at fret 10, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 10 and mutes 1 string
F minor, position 11, capo 011fr2143
13111513xxsits at fret 11, spans 4 frets and mutes 2 strings
F minor, open position, capo 023
13311xsits at fret 1, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 1 and mutes 1 string
F minor, open position, capo 02
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 023
E shapeFm as an E shape: barre at fret 1, fingered 133111.
F minor, position 3, capo 03fr1342
D shapeFm as a D shape: index finger at fret 3, fingered xx3564.
F minor, position 8, capo 08fr342
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

Open Fm in the explorer →