F minor scale

F minor

  • FR
  • G2
  • A♭♭3
  • B♭4
  • C5
  • D♭♭6
  • E♭♭7

Positions

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How it is built

  • Seven notes: whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole. The half steps fall between G–A♭ and C–D♭.
  • A♭ is the flat third, the note that makes it minor. E♭ is the flat seventh, a whole step below F, so the pull home is softer than in major.
  • Same notes as A♭ major. Raise E♭ to E for harmonic minor and the V chord turns major.

Chords in the key of F minor

  1. iFm
  2. ii°Gdim
  3. IIIA♭
  4. ivB♭m
  5. vCm
  6. VID♭
  7. VIIE♭
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Chords that fit F minor

Related keys

  • Relative: A♭ major — same notes, different home
  • Parallel: F major — same root, different notes

Other F scales