Scale Guide

How to Play the F minor Scale

Master the F minor scale on guitar. Explore the notes, intervals, and finger patterns across the entire fretboard.

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Theory & Understanding

The F minor scale consists of the notes F, G, Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb. This scale is widely used for emotive, moody, and darker sounding pieces. Learning this pattern across the fretboard will help you improvise and understand the relationship between different notes in the key of F.

Diatonic Chords (The 7 Chords in F minor)

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Fm7
II
Gm7b5
bIII
Abmaj7
IV
Bbm7
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Cm7
bVI
Dbmaj7
bVII
Eb7

Diatonic chords are the chords naturally found within this scale. They are the building blocks for creating songs in the key of F minor.