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Harmonic field of F minor on guitar

F minor: F – G – Ab – Bb – C – Db – Eb. In the shapes below, the tonic opens with the bass on F. On the guitar, six strings give the chord room to breathe — some positions use them all, others ask you to mute the lowest ones. Its hollow wooden body gives every chord a warm, natural ring that blooms and fades on its own.

Fm7, 1 3 1 1 1 1Fm7131111FCEbAbCF
i · tonic1 3 1 1 1 1
Gm7b5, 3 x 3 3 2 xGm7b52341G×FBbDb×
ii° · subdominant3 × 3 3 2 ×
Abmaj7, 4 6 5 5 4 4Abmaj74142311AbEbGCEbAb
III · tonic4 6 5 5 4 4
Bbm7, x 1 3 1 2 1Bbm713121×BbFAbDbF
iv · subdominant× 1 3 1 2 1
Cm7, x 3 5 3 4 3Cm713121×CGBbEbG
v · dominant× 3 5 3 4 3
Dbmaj7, x 4 6 5 6 4Dbmaj7413241×DbAbCFAb
VI · tonic× 4 6 5 6 4
Eb7, x 6 8 6 8 6Eb7612131×EbBbDbGBb
VII · dominant× 6 8 6 8 6

This is the natural-minor field. In practice the v often becomes V (major) or V7 — borrowed from the harmonic minor — to create the leading tone that pulls back to the tonic.

These are the first positions of every degree of F minor on guitar. In Chord & Fret, the Circle of Fifths opens the full field — every degree with all its positions, audio and the key's secondary dominants. Open in Chord & Fret →

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