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F minor guitar chord

F minor is F, A flat, and C. A flat is the note that makes it minor. Copy the first picture.

x means muted. 0 means open.

F minor

Short code 133111, thickest string first.

Barre fret 1 with the index finger on the low E, G, B and high E strings.

  1. Low E string: fret 1, index finger, note F, 1st.
  2. A string: fret 3, ring finger, note C, 5th.
  3. D string: fret 3, pinky finger, note F, 1st.
  4. G string: fret 1, index finger, note A flat, 3rd.
  5. B string: fret 1, index finger, note C, 5th.
  6. High E string: fret 1, index finger, note F, 1st.

F minor uses the notes F, C and A flat.

More F guitar chords.

Also F major, F dominant 7, F major 7, F minor 7, F suspended 2, F suspended 4, F power chord, F diminished, F augmented.

F minor, another shape

Short code xx3564, thickest string first.

  1. Low E string: muted, do not play.
  2. A string: muted, do not play.
  3. D string: fret 3, index finger, note F, 1st.
  4. G string: fret 5, ring finger, note C, 5th.
  5. B string: fret 6, pinky finger, note F, 1st.
  6. High E string: fret 4, middle finger, note A flat, 3rd.

F minor uses the notes F, C and A flat.

Why is the second F minor easier?

Both pictures are F, A flat, and C. That is F minor. The first picture is a barre across fret 1 on all six strings. The second picture skips the two thick strings and has no barre. Same three notes. Fewer strings, and no barre, so the second picture is easier.

If the F minor in a song sounds smaller than the six-string picture, try the second picture lower on this page. It is still F minor.

A flat is the note that makes this chord minor instead of major. On the first picture that A flat is on the G string, fret 1, index finger. Play F major after this. On F major that note is A. Listen for A flat turning into A.

Progressions that start on F minor

Play each line in order.

F minor, B flat minor, C major, F minor

F minor (Fm) and B flat minor (Bbm) stay in the sad room. Then C major (C) lights up and yanks you home so hard it can raise the hair on your arms. Sad folk, Spanish-flavored guitar, and a lot of film music from the 60s on use that bright last lean. It feels like crying with your back straight.

F minor, C major, F minor, C major

C major asks. Fm answers. Over and over, small and tight. Spy-movie tension, a tango you could almost dance, anything that needs a pulse more than a plot. Drama without a speech.

F minor, B flat minor, F minor, C major

Almost closes, then C major leaves the door cracked. Folk verses that are about to turn. The feeling is unfinished on purpose, like a sentence you have not ended yet.

F minor, C minor, F minor, C minor

No bright major at all. Quiet, grey, old modal folk and some indie that wants the weather low. Nobody is coming to save the song. That is the point.

F minor, C minor, C major, F minor

C minor (Cm) keeps it dim, then C major snaps the light, then Fm. A cheap, effective shiver. 70s rock and film cues use the snap when they need one second of fear, then home.

Songs with F minor

Listen for this chord, then use the grip on this page.

Hello

F minor sits in this Adele song. The recording is in F minor. The verse is F minor, A flat major, E flat major, D flat major.

F minor is the first chord of the verse. Then A flat major, E flat major, and D flat major.

Adele put Hello out on October 23, 2015, as the first single from her album 25. F minor is the home chord. It is the darker chord the song starts on. The verse is F minor, A flat major, E flat major, D flat major.

The record is a piano ballad. Greg Kurstin also played guitar on it. Musicnotes scores those same chords for guitar. You can play this progression on guitar. The F minor grip on this page is the first chord.

She wrote it in Chiswick, London, with Greg Kurstin, at Metropolis Studios. That was unusual for her. She has said she likes to write at home. They got a verse, then she went away. About six months later she came back to finish it. Kurstin told Billboard he had not been sure she would.

Kurstin later said the song was first in F sharp minor (F#m). They took it down to F minor. He told American Songwriter he liked the darker sound after they did that. That is why this recording sits in F minor.

Adele told Nick Grimshaw on BBC Radio 1 the song is not about one old boyfriend. It is about people she loves and was not in touch with. She needed them to hear it.