Banjo Fm7 chord (Open D)F minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 3 2 3 1, and 3 more shapes

Fm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 3 2 3 1, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Fm7 (F minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 3 2 3 1, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 3 2 3 1 (first position)

  1. String 4 (D): 3rd fret, ring finger, F
  2. String 3 (F♯): 2nd fret, middle finger, A♭
  3. String 2 (A): 3rd fret, little finger, C
  4. String 1 (D): 1st fret, index finger, E♭
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

Sounds: F A♭ C E♭  ·  Fm7 is F, A♭, C, E♭ (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short f♯ rubs against the F in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

With a capo: on the 3rd fret it’s 0 3 3 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open Dm7 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 8th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Fm7 shapes

  1. 6fr1431f♯A♭E♭FA♭6 9 8 6
    6fr · no 5th
  2. 10fr1234f♯CFA♭E♭10 11 11 13
    10fr
  3. 13fr3241f♯FA♭CE♭15 14 15 13
    13fr

Other F chords in Open D

FFmF7Fm7Fmaj7F6Fsus4Fsus2FdimFaug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Fm7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

All Open D banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app