3×FAbC
Fig. 1 · Fm · easy

ukulele chord

Fm

F1A♭♭3C5

The major triad with its third lowered by a half step.

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

3
Fig. 2

x543

easy

8
Fig. 3

a888

hard

8
Fig. 4

a88x

easy

8
Fig. 5

a88b

hard

What is true of it

Fm is F, A♭ and C — 1, b3 and 5 counted from F.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 4 fingerings below is x543: 3 fingers, held at the 3rd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 6 — 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/A♭

101x

4
second inversion

Fm/C

554x

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

FmajorFdimdiminishedFaugaugmentedF5power chordFsus2suspended secondFsus4suspended fourth

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