F♯ minor has 3 sharps (F♯ C♯ G♯). Its seven chords are F♯m, G♯°, A, Bm, C♯m, D, E. It's the relative minor of A major: the same notes and chords, with F♯m 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 | F♯m | F♯m7 |
| ii° | G♯° | G♯m7♭5 |
| ♭III | A | Amaj7 |
| iv | Bm | Bm7 |
| v | C♯m | C♯m7 |
| ♭VI | D | Dmaj7 |
| ♭VII | E | E7 |
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 (F♯sus4 → F♯m). add9 adds the 2nd on top of the full chord. These are the common ones whose notes all stay in the key (here: F♯sus2, F♯sus4, Aadd9); 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 F#m, G#°, A, Bm, C#m, D, E. As 7th chords: F#m7, G#m7b5, Amaj7, Bm7, C#m7, Dmaj7, E7.
F# minor has 3 sharps (F# C# G#).
A major. It uses exactly the same notes and chords; only the home chord changes.
i bVI bIII bVII: F#m D A E; i iv v: F#m Bm C#m; i bVII bVI V: F#m E D C#.