Fm/C guitar chord
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About Fm/C
Fm/C gives the bass its own instruction: keep the upper chord, but make the lowest note. The slash separates those two jobs.
C is already the upper chord’s fifth, so this is second inversion. Hold the upper chord steady and move only the bass. That low line can connect nearby chords without jumping root to root.
Also written Fm over C or Fm with C in the bass.
How to use Fm/C
In which keys. Every note of Fm/C belongs to C minor (the iv), C# major (the iii), Eb major (the ii), F minor (the i), Ab major (the vi) and Bb minor (the v).
What to play over Fm/C
Useful scales
- +BbEb
Contains Fm/C and adds fourth and flat seventh.
- +BbCbEb
Contains Fm/C and adds fourth, sharp eleventh and flat seventh.
- +GBbDbEb
Contains Fm/C and adds second, fourth, flat thirteenth and flat seventh.
- +GBbDEb
Contains Fm/C and adds second, fourth, sixth and flat seventh.
- +GbBbDbEb
Contains Fm/C and adds flat second, fourth, flat thirteenth and flat seventh.
Chords near Fm/C
Change one note
2nd in bass
The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.