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F Minor Scale Notes and Keys on Piano

September 21, 2020
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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. 

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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.  

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