Banjo Fm7 chord (Open G)F minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 3 1 1 1, and 4 more shapes

Fm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open G tuning: 3 1 1 1, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Fm7 (F minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open G: 3 1 1 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 1 1 1 (first position)

  1. String 4 (D): 3rd fret, ring finger, F
  2. String 3 (G): 1st fret, index finger (barre), A♭
  3. String 2 (B): 1st fret, index finger (barre), C
  4. String 1 (D): 1st fret, index finger (barre), E♭
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

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

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the A♭ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

With a capo: on the 3rd fret it’s 0 2 1 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 G tuning: gDGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The app starts in open G, so it opens on these shapes.

More Fm7 shapes

  1. 3fr1324gFCE♭A♭3 5 4 6
    3fr
  2. 6fr1311gA♭E♭FA♭6 8 6 6
    6fr · no 5th
  3. 9fr214gFA♭E♭x 10 9 13
    9fr · no 5th
  4. 13fr3111gFA♭CE♭15 13 13 13
    13fr

Other F chords in Open G

FFmF7Fm7Fmaj7F6Fsus4Fsus2FdimFaug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Fm7 in other tunings

Double CSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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