How Can You Practice the F# Minor Chord on the Piano?

Do you know which notes are in the F# minor chord? This article will show you three ways to play this chord on the piano.

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What Notes Make up the F# minor Chord?

The symbol for the F# minor chord is F#m.

The notes of the F#m chord are F# – A – C#.

The F#m chord is a triad because it has three notes: root (F#), minor third (A), 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 A (the minor third), and the third note is C# (the perfect fifth).

Assuming that you are playing the F#m 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 (A).
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 F#m chord starts with the note A.

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 F#m chord (F#) one octave higher compared to the root position.

The notes of the F#m chord in the 1st inversion are A – C# – F#.

The 2nd inversion of the F#m 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 F#m chord (A) up one octave.

The notes of the 2nd inversion of the F#m chord are C# – F# – A.

Given that the F#m 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: