F minor

3-note minor on FF, G♯, C.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

The major triad with its third lowered a semitone — the darker, more wistful counterpart.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1Froot
♭3G♯minor third
5Cperfect fifth

The formula reads in semitones above the root (F): 1, ♭3, 5. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

34
open position
3fr1342
from fret 3
8fr13421
from fret 8
10fr4211
from fret 10

Ukulele fingerings · 4

124
open position
3fr3421
from fret 3
5fr1234
from fret 5
8fr3111
from fret 8

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other F chords

minor chords on every root