Fm(maj7)

F1A♭♭3C5E7

Minor triad, major seventh — the tonic chord of harmonic minor.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

132110

moderate · barre

Fig. 3

133110

moderate · barre

Fig. 4

132111

moderate · barre

Fig. 5

xx3110

open

Fig. 6

13211x

moderate · barre

What is true of it

Fm(maj7) is F, A♭, C and E — 1, b3, 5 and 7 counted from F.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 132110: 3 fingers, one of them barring the 1st fret, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

4 of the 5 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are F, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Fm(maj7)/A♭

xx6968

second inversion

Fm(maj7)/C

x33110

third inversion

Fm(maj7)/E

033110

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

F in other shapes

F7dominant seventh Fmaj7major seventh Fm7minor seventh Fmajor Fmminor Fdimdiminished

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