Guitar chords · Minor 7th
Fm7 chord on guitar
Fm7 (F minor 7th) has four notes: F, A♭, C and E♭, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and ♭7.
Shapes
How to play Fm7
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Fm7 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 1 or the A shape at fret 8. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
E shape · fret 1
A shape · fret 8
Notes and formula
What makes Fm7 minor 7th
A minor A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords. is a minor chord with a minor 7th added. It is mellower than a plain minor chord, and it is the ii chord of the ii–V–I in jazz and soul.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The ♭3rd and the ♭7th make Fm7 a minor A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords.; you can leave out the 5th.
- FRroot
- A♭♭3essential
- C5optional
- E♭♭7essential
- F, the root
- Other chord tones
Fm7 often leads to B♭7 and then E♭: the ii7–V7–I of E♭ major.
Keys
Keys with Fm7
Fm7 belongs to six keys: D♭ major (iii7), A♭ major (vi7), E♭ major (ii7), B♭ minor (v7), F minor (i7) and C minor (iv7).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Progressions
Progressions with Fm7
Common progressions that use Fm7, each in a key that spells it Fm7. The outlined chord is Fm7.
Jazz ii–V–I in E♭ major
ii7 – V7 – Imaj7
- Fm7
- B♭7
- E♭maj7
Each chord falls a fifth to the next — a walk anticlockwise around the circle.
Heard in Autumn Leaves, Fly Me to the Moon
Minor ii–V–i in F minor
iiø7 – V7 – i7
- Gm7♭5
- C7
- Fm7
Half-diminished ii, dominant V7 and back to the minor tonic.
Heard in Blue Bossa, Autumn Leaves
Slash chords
Fm7 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Fm7 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Fm7/A♭
Fm7 with its ♭3rd, A♭, in the bass: the first inversion.
- Fm7/C
Fm7 with its 5th, C, in the bass: the second inversion.
- Fm7/E♭
Fm7 with its ♭7th, E♭, in the bass: the third inversion.
Same root
Other chords on F
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- F major
- Fm minor
- F7 dominant 7th
- Fmaj7 major 7th
- Fsus2 suspended 2nd
- Fsus4 suspended 4th
- F6 major 6th
- Fm6 minor 6th
- Fadd9 add 9
- F9 dominant 9th
- Fmaj9 major 9th
- Fm9 minor 9th
- F13 dominant 13th
- Fmaj13 major 13th
- Fm11 minor 11th
- F° diminished
- Fm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- F°7 diminished 7th
- F+ augmented
- F5 power chord
- F7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Fm(maj7) minor major 7th
- F6/9 six-nine
- Fm(add9) minor add 9
- F7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Fm7, in short
- What notes are in the Fm7 chord?
- Fm7 (F minor 7th) has four notes: F, A♭, C and E♭, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and ♭7.
- How do you play Fm7 on guitar?
- Fm7 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 1 or the A shape at fret 8.
- What key is Fm7 in?
- Fm7 belongs to six keys: D♭ major (iii7), A♭ major (vi7), E♭ major (ii7), B♭ minor (v7), F minor (i7) and C minor (iv7).