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F Minor Chord on Piano (Fm)

F minor (Fm) is a minor chord with the notes F - Ab - C. It lives in the key of Ab major. On the keys: black key on the third (Ab), white keys for the rest. Below: keyboard, inversions, fingering and the chords of its key.

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Fm F Ab C

F minor in four facts

Keyboard shape

Black key on the third (ab), white keys for the rest.

Key signature

Fm is the relative minor of Ab major: 4 flats.

Its dominant

C7 (C E G Bb) is the dominant 7th that resolves to Fm.

Where Fm shows up

You will meet Fm in these major keys:

vi in Ab major
ii in Eb major
iii in C# major

Relative major: Ab · Parallel major: F

Try this loop starting on Fm (i - VI - III - VII): Fm → C# → Ab → Eb. Move between inversions so the hand barely moves.

Chords that go with Fm

Every chord built on the notes of F minor, with Fm as home.

Degree	Chord	Notes
i	Fm	F Ab C
ii°	Gdim	G Bb Db
III	Ab	Ab C Eb
iv	Bbm	Bb Db F
v	Cm	C Eb G
VI	C#	C# E# G#
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb

Three ways to play Fm

Move F up an octave and you get the 1st inversion; move Ab too and you get the 2nd.

Fm F Ab C

Root position: F Ab C

Fm Ab C F

1st inversion: Ab C F

Fm C F Ab

2nd inversion: C F Ab

Fm fingering, both hands

Hand	F	Ab	C
Right hand	1 (thumb)	3 (middle)	5 (little)
Left hand	5 (little)	3 (middle)	1 (thumb)

Play Fm broken first, F, Ab, C one at a time, then all together: hearing each note makes a wrong key obvious.

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Common questions

Which keys make a F minor chord on the piano?

Press F, Ab and C together. Any octave works, and any order of those three notes is still Fm.

What chord leads to Fm?

C7, its dominant 7th. Play C7 and then Fm: the tension of the 7th chord resolves into Fm.

What is the relative major of F minor?

Ab. Both share the same key signature, and the two chords share two notes.

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F Minor Chord on Piano (Fm)

F minor in four facts

Keyboard shape

Key signature

Its dominant

Where Fm shows up

Chords that go with Fm

Three ways to play Fm

Fm fingering, both hands

Make Fm automatic

Common questions

Which keys make a F minor chord on the piano?

What chord leads to Fm?

What is the relative major of F minor?

Your instrument is the controller.

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