F minor scale has four flat notes and consists of F, G, Ab, Bb, C, Db, and Eb. F Minor scale has a relative major called A flat major. The parallel major of the F minor scale is called F major.

• F and G are on the white keys.
• Ab and Bb are on Black keys.
• C is again on the white key.
• Db and Eb are on the black keys and 
• F again on white.

The F Minor Scale Chords

The chords of the F minor scale start with the notes of the scale and have 7 variations starting with the scale notes.

1. The first chord is a triplet of  F, Ab, and C.
2. The second chord is a triplet of G on white and Bb and Db on black.
3. The third minor chord is a triplet of A-flat,  C, and E flat. A flat is on a black key, C is on white, and E flat is again a black key.
4. The fourth minor chord is Bb, Db and F pressed together. The first two are black keys and F is white. 
5. F minor chord is given by the triplet C, E-flat and G played at the same time. C is a white key, Eb is a black key, and G note is played using a white key again.
6. F minor chord 6 is D flat on black, F on white key, and A flat again on black.
7. The F flat seventh minor chord is played by playing Eb, g, and Bb together. Eb is a black key, G is a white key and again Bb is a black key. 

The intervals of the F minor scale 

1. The first note of the F minor scale is the Tonic F.
2. The second note of the scale is G which is a major.
3. The third minor note is given the name Ab as it is one subtone below A
4. Bb is one subtone below B and it is a perfect note. 
5. The perfect note fifth is C.
6. The sixth note is again a minor which is D flat.
7. The seventh note is the minor 7th note is an E flat note.
8. The last note is F perfect, just an octave above the Tonic F note.

The Degrees of the F Minor Scale

The Degrees of the Scale F minor in piano follows the degree rules as the first note is always the Tonic note F. 

• The second note of the F minor scale piano is the Supertonic note. The degree here has a prefix on the word ‘tonic’ because it is one semitone above the Tonic note F. The note is G.
• The next note is A flat which by convention is a mediant by degree. There is a submediant at the sixth position which is called Db.
• The Dominant degree is at fifth position and the note is  C.
•  The subdominant is one semitone below the dominant which is Bb. 
• The second last position in the F minor scale is given by Eflat which has a degree of subtonic as it is one semitone below the same tonic note of F just an octave above. 

Playing the F MInor Scale on Piano

Playing the F minor on Piano needs some specifications particular to the fingers used of each hand. 

• For playing with the Left hand, the formula of fingers used is 54321321. 
• In the formula, the numbers, 5432 and 1 are given as names to the fingers as pinky, ring finger, middle finger, index, and thumb. 
• The notes played by the fingers pinky, ring finger, middle finger, index, and thumb of the left hand are F, G, A flat, B flat, and C respectively.
• The notes played by the middle finger, index, and thumb are D flat, B flat, and F of the upper octave respectively. 
• The rule for fingering by the right hand is 12341234.
• F, G, A-flat, and B flat are played by thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger respectively. 
• Again, the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger of the right hand are used to play the C, D flat, B flat, and F. 

Emotional Tone of the F Minor Scale

The F minor has a personality of melancholy. The notes lead to a gloomy texture of the F minor scale. Due to the Gloomy nature of the notes of this scale, the F minor scale notes lead to chords that are gloomy and leads to songs that are based on sorrow and melancholy. The f minor scales are not for merry-making vibes. They cannot be used to form a light-hearted song. 

In modern Music as well the F minor chords are used in hard rock and there is no place of soft and sweet melody. This is somehow a frustrating set of notes that can be used to compose songs of that sort. 

Songs that sound depressed and morbid and even sometimes express a valueless and meaninglessness in life are picked beautifully from the chords of the F minor.