F Minor 11th
Fm11
Notes
F · A♭ · C · E♭ · G · B♭
Intervals
- RootF (1P)
- Minor 3rdA♭ (3m)
- Perfect 5thC (5P)
- Minor 7thE♭ (7m)
- Major 9thG (9M)
- Perfect 11thB♭ (11P)
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About
The Fm11 (F–A♭–C–E♭–G–B♭) adds an 11th (equivalent to a fourth) above the minor 7 base. The B♭ stacks a suspended quality onto the existing minor-seventh sound, creating a spacious, harmonically ambiguous texture associated with modal jazz and ambient music. In practice, the 5th and 9th are often omitted on guitar, leaving a voicing built around the 3rd, 7th, and 11th — the notes that give the chord its character. The 11th itself is the essential extension. Compared to Fm9, m11 is more atmospheric and less harmonically focused, well suited to static or slow-moving progressions.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- F Dorian (I)
- F Natural Minor (I)
- A♭ Lydian (VI)
- A♭ Major (VI)
- B♭ Dorian (V)
- B♭ Mixolydian (V)
- C Natural Minor (IV)
- C Phrygian (IV)
- D Locrian (III)
- D♭ Lydian (III)
- E♭ Major (II)
- E♭ Mixolydian (II)
- G Locrian (VII)
- G Phrygian (VII)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. The Roman numeral (or scale degree) marks the chord root’s position in the scale.