Chord · F# Minor
F♯m Chord
F♯m is F#, A and C# — dark, melancholic.
F♯m on every instrument
The same 3 notes, 6 sets of hands. Open a diagram for alternate shapes, audio and the mistakes to avoid.
What F♯m is made of
F#m (F# minor) is built from the notes F#, A, C#, with the interval pattern 1, b3, 5.
Stack 1, b3 and 5 on a root of F♯ and you get F#, A and C#. That interval recipe is what makes the chord a minor chord — move the same shape to another root and the character travels with it, which is why Cm sounds like a transposed F♯m.
Minor: Dark, melancholic.
Spelling: the notes above are written the way a score would write them, not simplified to the nearest piano key. That is why this chord is spelled with F♯ rather than its enharmonic equivalent.
Keys that contain F♯m
All 3 notes sit inside the scale of 6 keys. The roman numeral marks the degree the chord is rooted on.
Other chords on F♯
Same root, different colour.
Questions people ask about F#m
- What notes are in the F#m chord?
- F#m is made of F#, A and C# — the 1, b3 and 5 degrees of a minor chord built on F#.
- What keys use the F#m chord?
- Every note of F#m belongs to 6 keys: D Major (iii), A Major (vi), E Major (ii), B Minor (v), F# Minor (i), C# Minor (iv). The roman numeral is the scale degree the chord is rooted on.
- How do you play F#m on guitar and piano?
- This page shows F#m on guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, mandolin and banjo — 10 voicings in total. Each diagram links to the full instrument page with alternate shapes, audio and common mistakes.
- Is F#m the same as Gbm?
- Yes. F#m and Gbm are enharmonic — identical pitches written two different ways. Which spelling you use depends on the key you are in; F#m is the spelling this site treats as canonical.
Learn the theory behind it
Why F♯m behaves the way it does — the guides that explain the chord instead of just spelling it.