How To Practice the F minor Chord on the Piano

Discover the notes that are in the F minor chord and how to play it on the piano in root position and in both inversions.

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What is the F minor Chord on the Piano?

The symbol for the F minor chord is Fm.

The notes of the Fm chord are F – Ab – C.

The Fm chord is a triad because it has three notes: root (F), minor third (Ab), and perfect fifth (C).

Below you can see how to play the notes of the F minor chord on the piano in root position:

You can see that the first note from the left is F (the root), the second note is Ab (the minor third), and the third note is C (the perfect fifth).

Making the assumption that you are playing the Fm chord in root position the lowest note is F.

Here is how to remember the notes of the F minor chord:

Start from the first note of the chord (the root) that for the F minor chord is F.
To find the second note of the chord calculate a minor third from the root (Ab).
Then to find the third note of the chord calculate the perfect fifth from the root (C).

This applies if you are playing the F minor chord in root position.

The 1st inversion of the Fm chord starts with the note Ab.

The picture below shows how to play the notes of the F minor chord on the piano in the first inversion:

In the 1st inversion, you shift the root of the Fm chord (F) one octave higher compared to the root position.

The notes of the Fm chord in the 1st inversion are Ab – C – F.

The 2nd inversion of the Fm chord starts with the note C.

Below you can see how to play the notes of the second inversion of the F minor chord on the piano:

In the 2nd inversion, you also shift the third of the Fm chord (Ab) up one octave.

The notes of the 2nd inversion of the Fm chord are C – F – Ab.

Given that the Fm chord is a triad (it consists of three notes) there is no 3rd inversion because it would be the same as the root position.

The following articles show you how to play other F chords: