Fm9 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Fm9 is a minor ninth chord built from F, Ab, C, Eb, G. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.

Fm9

F · Ab · C · Eb · G

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 7 – 10 – 14

The third is minor — one semitone lower than in a major chord — which is where the darker colour comes from.

Inversions of Fm9

  • Root position

    F · Ab · C · Eb · G · bass F

  • Inversion 1

    Ab · C · Eb · F · G · bass Ab

  • Inversion 2

    C · Eb · F · G · Ab · bass C

  • Inversion 3

    Eb · F · G · Ab · C · bass Eb

Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.

Keys that contain Fm9

  • Abvi
  • Ebii

In Ab it does this job: I – V – vi – IV

  1. Ab
  2. Eb
  3. Fm9
  4. Db

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