About the Fm Baritone chord
Play Fm on Baritone ukulele with the 3 1 1 1 shape in DGBE tuning.
Use your index finger to barre the 1st fret across the G, B, and E strings. Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the D string. Strum all four strings and check that each one rings cleanly.
Read the frets across D, G, B and E. A 0 means open and x means mute. These fingerings are for Baritone strings. A Standard gCEA chart uses different shapes for the same chord names.
Root
F
Quality
Minor
Notes
F · Ab · C
How the Fm chord works
F
Root (1)
The home note. It gives the chord its name.
Ab
Minor third (♭3)
The defining minor interval above the root.
C
Perfect fifth (5)
Adds strength and stability.
This chord goes well with
Fm is the home chord in the key of F minor. A key is a group of notes and chords that naturally belong together.