Minor familyvi in A♭ major
F minor chord
FmF minor
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 1
Lay your index flat across all six strings at fret 1.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- F1
- ♭2
- 2
- A♭♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- C5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- F Root
- A♭ Minor 3rd
- C Perfect 5th
About this chord
What is an F minor chord?
Fm is built from 3 notes: F (the root), A♭ (the ♭3), C (the 5). Darker and more inward than major, because of the minor third.
- Notes
- F · A♭ · C
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5
- Also written
- Fmin · F-
- Found in
- vi in A♭ major · ii in E♭ major · iii in D♭ major · i in F minor
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