# Fm7, the F minor 7 guitar chord

Fm7 is the open Em7 grip carried up one fret: the index barres all six strings at the 1st fret, right where the F and Fm barres sit. It is Fm with the pinky lifted off the D string. With only the index and ring finger working it is the easiest barre chord to hold, but the D string is fretted by the barre alone, which is exactly where a tired index finger gives up. Soul ballads in A♭ and E♭ reach for it. Pick the D string by itself before you strum.

Fm7

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the low E string (6th), D string (4th), G string (3rd), B string (2nd) and high E string (1st), 1st fret.
- Ring finger on the A string (5th), 3rd fret.

## Changes to practice

Holding Fm7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Fm7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre Minor 7ths set:

- [Fm7 ↔ Bm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-minor-7/) F minor 7 to B minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min7.A~F.min7.E)
- [Fm7 ↔ G♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-sharp-minor-7/) F minor 7 to G♯ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F.min7.E~G%23.min7.E)
- [Fm7 ↔ C♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-minor-7/) F minor 7 to C♯ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.min7.A~F.min7.E)
- [Fm7 ↔ F♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-minor-7/) F minor 7 to F♯ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F%23.min7.E~F.min7.E)
- [Fm7 ↔ B♭m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-minor-7/) F minor 7 to B♭ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.min7.A~F.min7.E)
- [Fm7 ↔ E♭m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-minor-7/) F minor 7 to E♭ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.min7.A~F.min7.E)

## Same root, different color

- [F](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-major/), F major
- [Fm](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-minor/), F minor
- [F7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-7/), F dominant 7
- [Fmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-major-7/), F major 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill Fm7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min7.A~F.min7.E)