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How to play the Fm7 piano chord

(Basic Fm7 piano chord and Inversions of the Fm7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Fm7
  • The Fm7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A minor-seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Minor third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Fm7 chord are: F – Ab – C – Eb
  • A minor-seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Minor third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the Fm7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Fm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Fm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Fm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)
Fm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)

 

Fm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Fm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Fm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Fm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

 

More on the Fm7 chord

  • The Fm7 chord is step 1 in the Fm minor (aeolian) scale.
  • The Fm7 chord is step 6 in the Ab major (ionian) scale

The F minor (aeolian) scale consists of the notes: F – G – Ab – Bb – C – Db – Eb – (F)
The Ab major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Ab – Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – G – (Ab)

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