F Minor Scale on Piano

F Minor: F G A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.

Notes

• Notes: F G A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭
• Formula: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
• Steps (W whole, H half): W H W W H W W

Same notes as

• A♭ Major

Finding it on the keys

• F is the white key just left of the three black keys
• White keys: F G C
• Black keys: A♭ B♭ D♭ E♭

About the Minor scale

• Darker and more serious than major.
• Rock ballads, metal, film scores.
• Its relative major starts on the ♭3 and uses the same notes.

Chords in F Minor

• i: Fm
• ii°: G°
• ♭III: A♭
• iv: B♭m
• v: Cm
• ♭VI: D♭
• ♭VII: E♭

Other instruments

• F Minor on Guitar
• F Minor on Bass
• F Minor on Ukulele

More on F Minor

• F Minor on the circle of fifths
• Chord progressions in F Minor