CHORD REFERENCE

Fm7

F – A♭ – C – E♭1 b3 5 b7

The F Minor 7th chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
F1A♭b3C5E♭b7

Fm7 is F, Ab, C, Eb — the 1, b3, 5 and b7 above the root F.

Piano
FCA♭E♭
Guitar

Ways to play it

E-shape barre — 1st fret

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eFA♭CE♭BCE♭FA♭GA♭CE♭FDE♭FA♭CACE♭FA♭EFA♭CE♭

Root notes are red. The shapes above are movable — an E-shape has its root on the low E string, an A-shape on the A string. any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912ACE♭FA♭EFA♭CE♭CCE♭FA♭CGA♭CE♭F

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only F, Ab, C, Eb plays the chord.

In which keys

Fm7 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

iiiC♯ majoriiE♭ majorviA♭ majorivC minoriF minorvB♭ minor
Other F chords

Triads

FMajorFmMinorF5Power Chord (5)FdimDiminishedFaugAugmentedFsus2Suspended 2ndFsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

F6Major 6thFm6Minor 6thF7Dominant 7thFmaj7Major 7thFm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thFdim7Diminished 7thFm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)F7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

F7♭57♭5F7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)F7♭97♭9F7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Fadd9Added 9thF6/96/9F9Dominant 9thFmaj9Major 9thFm9Minor 9thF11Dominant 11thF13Dominant 13th
Minor 7th on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

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