Fm

F1A♭♭3C5

The major triad with its third lowered by a half step.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

133111

moderate · barre

Fig. 3

13311x

moderate · barre

Fig. 4

133114

hard · barre

Fig. 5

xx3111

hard

Fig. 6

1331xx

moderate · barre

What is true of it

Fm is F, A♭ and C — 1, b3 and 5 counted from F.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 133111: 3 fingers, one of them barring the 1st fret, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

4 of the 5 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are F, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Fm/A♭

4335xx

second inversion

Fm/C

x3311x

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

F in other shapes

Fmajor Fdimdiminished Faugaugmented F5power chord Fsus2suspended second Fsus4suspended fourth

Cm C♯m D♭m Dm D♯m E♭m Em F♯m all 374