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The harmonic field of F minor 4 flats in the key signature. Click a degree to hear it, or hear the whole field.
Triads · natural minor F m i Tonic Diatonic G dim ii° Subdominant Diatonic A ♭ III Tonic Diatonic B ♭ m iv Subdominant Diatonic C m v Dominant Diatonic D ♭ VI Tonic Diatonic E ♭ VII Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i F m F · A♭ · C Tonic ii° G dim G · B♭ · D♭ Subdominant III A ♭ A♭ · C · E♭ Tonic iv B ♭ m B♭ · D♭ · F Subdominant v C m C · E♭ · G Dominant VI D ♭ D♭ · F · A♭ Tonic VII E ♭ E♭ · G · B♭ Dominant
Seventh chords · natural minor F m7 i7 Tonic Diatonic G m7 ♭5 iiø7 Subdominant Diatonic A ♭ maj7 IIImaj7 Tonic Diatonic B ♭ m7 iv7 Subdominant Diatonic C m7 v7 Dominant Diatonic D ♭ maj7 VImaj7 Tonic Diatonic E ♭ 7 VII7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i7 F m7 F · A♭ · C · E♭ Tonic iiø7 G m7 ♭5 G · B♭ · D♭ · F Subdominant IIImaj7 A ♭ maj7 A♭ · C · E♭ · G Tonic iv7 B ♭ m7 B♭ · D♭ · F · A♭ Subdominant v7 C m7 C · E♭ · G · B♭ Dominant VImaj7 D ♭ maj7 D♭ · F · A♭ · C Tonic VII7 E ♭ 7 E♭ · G · B♭ · D♭ Dominant
Triads · harmonic minor F m i Tonic Diatonic G dim ii° Subdominant Diatonic A ♭ aug III+ Tonic Diatonic B ♭ m iv Subdominant Diatonic C V Dominant Diatonic D ♭ VI Tonic Diatonic E dim vii° Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i F m F · A♭ · C Tonic ii° G dim G · B♭ · D♭ Subdominant III+ A ♭ aug A♭ · C · E Tonic iv B ♭ m B♭ · D♭ · F Subdominant V C C · E · G Dominant VI D ♭ D♭ · F · A♭ Tonic vii° E dim E · G · B♭ Dominant
Seventh chords · harmonic minor F m(maj7) imaj7 Tonic Diatonic G m7 ♭5 iiø7 Subdominant Diatonic A ♭ maj7 ♯5 IIImaj7#5 Tonic Diatonic B ♭ m7 iv7 Subdominant Diatonic C 7 V7 Dominant Diatonic D ♭ maj7 VImaj7 Tonic Diatonic E dim7 vii°7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function imaj7 F m(maj7) F · A♭ · C · E Tonic iiø7 G m7 ♭5 G · B♭ · D♭ · F Subdominant IIImaj7#5 A ♭ maj7 ♯5 A♭ · C · E · G Tonic iv7 B ♭ m7 B♭ · D♭ · F · A♭ Subdominant V7 C 7 C · E · G · B♭ Dominant VImaj7 D ♭ maj7 D♭ · F · A♭ · C Tonic vii°7 E dim7 E · G · B♭ · D♭ Dominant
The notes are spelled in octave 4, from F4. The function is assigned by degree — tonic on I, III and VI; subdominant on II and IV; dominant on V and VII — which is how the harmonic field is taught. Context can change that reading, and the tool reports the degree.
Related keys A♭ major Relative: the same key signature, in the other mode. F major Parallel: the same tonic, in the other mode. Fm in the dictionary The tonic triad: notes, staff, keyboard and guitar shapes. Read about Diatonic harmony The chords that arise from stacking thirds on each degree of a scale, and why each quality lands where it does. Harmonic function The role each degree plays — tonic, subdominant, or dominant — and the tension that moves one to the next. Roman numeral analysis The notation that describes a chord by the position it occupies in the key rather than by the note it sits on. Minor key harmony The minor harmonic field, which is not one field: the three minor scales produce different chords on the same degree.