Fm ukulele chord

How to Play Fm on Ukulele

The easiest shape is 1013: G string 1st fret · C string open · E string 1st fret · A string 3rd fret.

Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.

Notes in Fm

A ukulele has four strings, so a 3-note chord doubles one of its notes on the spare string. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.

Songs and Keys That Use Fm

Fm belongs to 3 major keys: C♯ major (as the iii chord), E♭ major (as the ii chord) and A♭ major (as the vi chord).

• I – iii – IV – V — a bright, lifting movement
• ii – V – I — the central cadence in jazz
• I – vi – ii – V — the 1950s doo-wop turnaround

Fm on Other Instruments

• Guitar: see the Fm guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
• Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 3111. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.

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