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Fm guitar chord

F minor. Notes: F A♭ C.
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Easy shape

Intermediate
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E-shape · fret 1 · Full & movable

Root on the 6th string at fret 1. Set your first finger across fret 1 first, then add the others.

String by string, low to high

  1. Low E fret 1, finger 1 (F)
  2. A fret 3, finger 3 (C)
  3. D fret 3, finger 4 (F)
  4. G fret 1, finger 1 (A♭)
  5. B fret 1, finger 1 (C)
  6. High E fret 1, finger 1 (F)
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Harder shape

Hard
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A-shape · fret 8 · Full & movable

Root on the 5th string at fret 8. Set your first finger across fret 8 first, then add the others.

String by string, low to high

  1. Low E muted: don’t play it
  2. A fret 8, finger 1 (F)
  3. D fret 10, finger 3 (C)
  4. G fret 10, finger 4 (F)
  5. B fret 9, finger 2 (A♭)
  6. High E fret 8, finger 1 (C)
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Practise changing to Fm

Four-chord progressions with Fm in them. Each opens in Chordbyte with a metronome, a play-along and a one-minute changes drill.

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More chords

Other F chords

Other Minor chords

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