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Fm7 Guitar Chord

A soft, warm sound typical of jazz, neo-soul, R&B and bossa nova. Combines the minor mood with a relaxed seventh coloring.

Guitar

Strings 1–3–1–1–1–1

How to play the Fm7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 1–3–1–1–1–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 1 · index finger
5th string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Notation for Fm7 chord

Other names: F minor 7th, F min7, F-7

Music theory name: minor seventh chord

Common name: F minor seven chord

Intervals and tones in Fm7 chord

Note Interval
F Root
Ab Minor 3rd
C Perfect 5th
Eb Minor 7th

All Variations

Open
1–3–1–1–1–1
Fret 3
X–X–3–5–4–4
Fret 8
8–8–10–8–9–8
Fret 9
X–X–10–10–9–11
Open
1–X–1–1–1–X
Fret 13
13–X–13–13–13–X

Songs using Fm7