Basic Beginner Guitar Chord – Learn To Play Fm6

Easy Beginner Guitar Chord – F Minor 6 (Fm6)

Learn how to play the basic beginner guitar chord F Minor 6 (Also known as Fm6 or F Minor 6th) with this free guitar chord lesson.

This chord is found by locating the 1,(b3), 5 and 6 positions of the F Major Scale: F, G, A, Bflat, C, D, E .  That little “b3″ simply means a flattened third.  You are taking the 3 step in the F Major scale (A) and lowering it by a half step to an Ab.

Notes of the F Minor 6 chord are: F, Ab, C and D

Like most chords, there is more than one way to play the Fm6  chord. Listed below in the chord chart diagram is the F Minor 6th chord played on the first fret.

Here is a key that will help you read the chart:

Everything on the above chart should be self explanatory, except for the last three in the third column. They may need a bit of explaining. The O, or open symbol, simply means that you do not press down on any notes on that string. The X means you do not strum that particular string. The Barre symbol means you need to barre that particular fret. When you barre a fret you are pressing down on multiple strings at the same time with one finger.

Technically speaking, the chord shape above is a chord inversion.  This means that instead of the bass or lowest note of the chord being an “F”, it is a “D”.

Chord Playing Tips

Be sure that you are pressing down on the strings hard enough and play each string one at a time to make sure you have a nice clean sound. If any of the strings buzz or sound muted, then something is not right. Do not become frustrated with this or any other barre chord! It takes a long time for many beginners to finally learn barre chords. Just keep practicing and eventually you will build up enough strength to where barre chords become second nature.