Fb
How to play the F Flat Major Chord on your piano or keyboard
From the chord symbol Fb we get the following information:
- The Fb chord has the note Fb as root note
- The Fb chord is a 3-note chord (a triad)
- The Fb chord is a major chord
Because Fb is a 3-note chord it also has 3 inversions:
- Root inversion
- 1st. inversion
- 2nd. inversion
Fb chord – Root inversion (basic inversion) looks like this: Fb – Ab – Cb
Fb chord – 1st. inversion (root note at the top of the chord): Ab – Cb – Fb
Fb chord – 2nd. inversion (root note in the middle of the chord): Cb – Fb – Ab
Fb chord – fingering:
Root inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Fb | Ab | Cb |
1st. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Note | Ab | Cb | Fb |
2nd. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Cb | Fb | Ab |
Fb chord – Closely related scales and harmonic functions:
The Fb chord is the 1st. step in the F flat major scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Fb | Gbm | Abm | Bbb | Cb | Dbm | Ebm(b5) |
The Fb chord is the 4th. step in the Cb major scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Cb | Dbm | Ebm | Fb | Gb | Abm | Bbm(b5) |
The Fb chord is the 5th. step in the Bbb major scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Bbb | Cbm | Dbm | Ebb | Fb | Gbm | Abm(b5) |
The Fb chord is the 3rd. step in the Db minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Dbm | Ebm(b5) | Fb | Gbm | Abm | Bbb | Cb |