

Below, well talk about how each one works, but feel free to. If you’ve come to this page just to view some chord diagrams for Fm7, here they are. On this page, youll learn three ways to play Fm, pronounced F sharp minor, on the guitar.

Along with the Major 7 and Dominant 7 chords, the minor 7 chord is one of the most common 7th chords in all of music.įm7 is notable because the root-6 bar chord (the first shape below) is played in the 1st fret, with all strings being played on the 1st fret except for the 5th string. The minor 7 chord in general is a very common and popular chord. Obviously its an enharmonic E major chord, but I cant for the left of me figure out which note would be the root or how it functions (if at all. The bass note is B-natural which moves upwards to C, making a dominant 7th chord which resolves to F-minor.

The F minor 7 chord (Fm7) is an F minor chord (F – Ab – C) with the ‘flat 7’ of the F Major scale included (Eb). The chord tones are B-natural, E-natural, and A-flat.
