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