F#m piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory
F#m is a minor chord built from F#, A, C#. 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.
F#m
F# · A · C#
Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 7
The third is minor — one semitone lower than in a major chord — which is where the darker colour comes from.
Inversions of F#m
Root position
F# · A · C# · bass F#
Inversion 1
A · C# · F# · bass A
Inversion 2
C# · F# · A · bass C#
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 F#m
- Diii
- Avi
- Eii
In A it does this job: I – V – vi – IV
- A
- E
- F#m
- D