F Minor Piano Chord
Root
FMin 3rd
Ab5th
CE
G
B
D
F
F
A
C
E
F
Ab
C
The Notes in an F Minor Chord
The Root
This is one is easy. All you have to do to find the root of a chord is look at the name of the chord. It's the first part of the name! If it's an F Minor chord, the root is F!
The Min 3rd
The minor third of an F Minor chord is Ab. The minor third is up three half-steps from the Root.
Finding Ab from F step by step:
- Start on: F
- Step 1: move up to Gb
- Step 2: move up to G
- Step 3: Land on Ab
Min 3rd
AbRoot
F1
2
- Gb is a minor second above F.
- G is a major 2nd above F.
- Ab is a minor third above F.
The 5th
The fifth of an F Minor chord is C. The fifth is down five half-steps from the Root.
Finding C from F step by step:
- Start on: F
- Step 1: move down to E
- Step 2: move down to Eb
- Step 3: move down to D
- Step 4: move down to Db
- Step 5: Land on C
5th
CRoot
F1
2
3
4
- E is a minor second below F.
- Eb is a major 2nd below F.
- D is a minor third below F.
- Db is a major third below F.
- C is a fourth below F. The 5th is down a fourth? Confusing, right? The note C is down 5 half-steps from F, but up 7 half-steps from F:
5th
CRoot
F1
2
3
4
5
6
The Inversions of F Minor
Root Position
Root
FMin 3rd
Ab5th
CE
G
B
D
F
F
A
C
E
F
Ab
C
1st Inversion
Min 3rd
Ab5th
CRoot
FE
G
B
D
F
F
A
C
E
Ab
C
F
2nd Inversion
5th
CRoot
FMin 3rd
AbE
G
B
D
F
F
A
C
E
C
F
Ab