F minor has 4 flats (B♭ E♭ A♭ D♭). Its seven chords are Fm, G°, A♭, B♭m, Cm, D♭, E♭. It's the relative minor of A♭ major: the same notes and chords, with Fm as home.
On the wheel, the minor key's i, iv and v sit together on the inner ring with ♭III, ♭VI and ♭VII right above them. Tap any key on the wheel to go to its page.
Open F minor in the interactive wheel| Number | Chord | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| i | Fm | Fm7 |
| ii° | G° | Gm7♭5 |
| ♭III | A♭ | A♭maj7 |
| iv | B♭m | B♭m7 |
| v | Cm | Cm7 |
| ♭VI | D♭ | D♭maj7 |
| ♭VII | E♭ | E♭7 |
The major V pulls home harder than the minor v (House of the Rising Sun, Hotel California). The major IV is the Dorian sound (Oye Como Va, Get Lucky). Ending on a major I is the old "Picardy" trick.
The same slot on the wheel with a different flavour. Sus chords swap the 3rd for the 2nd or 4th and like to resolve back to the plain chord (Fsus4 → Fm). add9 adds the 2nd on top of the full chord. These are the common ones whose notes all stay in the key (here: Fsus2, Fsus4, A♭add9); the small label is the slot they sit in.
F natural minor: F G A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭. The key's seven chords are built from these notes; the borrowed and secondary chords above bring in notes from outside it.
The seven chords in F minor are Fm, G°, Ab, Bbm, Cm, Db, Eb. As 7th chords: Fm7, Gm7b5, Abmaj7, Bbm7, Cm7, Dbmaj7, Eb7.
F minor has 4 flats (Bb Eb Ab Db).
Ab major. It uses exactly the same notes and chords; only the home chord changes.
i bVI bIII bVII: Fm Db Ab Eb; i iv v: Fm Bbm Cm; i bVII bVI V: Fm Eb Db C.