Fm11 guitar chord

Rootless · 11th in bass
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About Fm11 — rootless voicings

Fm11 is F, Ab, C, Eb, G and Bb. It keeps every note of and adds the .

The minor 3rd stays in the chord, so this is not a suspension. It works well when one minor harmony holds for several bars, including modal vamps.

Also written Fmin11, F-11 or F minor 11.

Fm11 rootless guitar chord diagram: F, Ab, C, Eb, G, Bb, played x1111x
Fm11 rootless guitar chord voicing: x-1-1-1-1-x.

What is a rootless voicing

Rootless voicing
R35♭79

The bassist has the root, and the guide tones imply it anyway. The freed finger adds a tension. Playing solo, keep the root and drop something else.

How to use Fm11

1Slide the whole chord

i – ♭ii – i (planing)

Modal tunes sit on one chord for bars at a time, and Fm11 is their sound. The harmony stays put, so the voicing moves instead: the whole shape slides a half step and back.

Listen for: Every voice moves together, a half step up and back. The shape never changes.

Heard in“So What” (in a voicing without the ninth)

In which keys. Every note of Fm11 belongs to C minor, Eb major, F minor and Ab major.

What to play over Fm11

Useful scales

Every scale

Chords near Fm11

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Minor chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

Midi Settings

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One pass of the pick from the lowest string up, everything left ringing.
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Style

Shows each chord the way this style would voice it, and marks which of its alternatives belong to the idiom.

Layout

Left Handed Mode