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F♯ minor: scale and chords
The F♯ minor scale, its seven chords and the keys that mix with it, with a loop in F♯ minor that plays right here. Move it a semitone, then hum over it.
Mika plays F♯m D A E on a loop. Four chords, one per bar, nothing clever.Four chords of F♯ minor over drums and bass, 123 BPM.
The F♯ minor scale
F♯ G♯ A B C♯ D E
Three sharps: F♯ G♯ C♯; three black keys on a piano (F♯ G♯ C♯). Whole and half steps: W H W W H W W.
Harmonic minor raises the seventh to E♯: the chord on the fifth degree turns major (C♯, C♯7) and pulls back to F♯.
In Hz, from the keynote in octave 4: F♯4 370.0 · G♯4 415.3 · A4 440.0 · B4 493.9 · C♯5 554.4 · D5 587.3 · E5 659.3
The chords in F♯ minor
Tap a chord to hear it.
| Degree | Chord | Notes | Seventh | Bass, Hz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | F♯ A C♯ | F♯m7 | F♯2 92.5 | |
| ii° | G♯ B D | G♯m7♭5 | G♯2 103.8 | |
| III | A C♯ E | Amaj7 | A2 110.0 | |
| iv | B D F♯ | Bm7 | B2 123.5 | |
| v | C♯ E G♯ | C♯m7 | C♯2 69.3 | |
| VI | D F♯ A | Dmaj7 | D2 73.4 | |
| VII | E G♯ B | E7 | E2 82.4 |
The loop plays i–VI–III–VII: F♯m D A E.
Keys that mix with F♯ minor
On the Camelot wheel F♯ minor is 11A (Open Key 4m). Tracks in these keys mix without a clash:
- 11B A major relative major, the same seven notes
- 10A B minor one step down
- 12A C♯ minor one step up
- 1A G♯ minor two steps up, the energy boost
Same keynote, the other mode: F♯ major (2B), three notes apart.
Where F♯ minor sits
| Open strings | In F♯ minor | Keynote on an open string |
|---|---|---|
| Guitar E A D G B E | 5 of 6 | – |
| Bass E A D G | 3 of 4 | – |
| Violin G D A E | 3 of 4 | – |
| Viola C G D A | 2 of 4 | – |
| Cello C G D A | 2 of 4 | – |
| Ukulele G C E A | 2 of 4 | – |
Choir parts (soprano C4–G5, alto G3–D5, tenor C3–G4, bass F2–D4, where two part-writing guides agree): F♯4–F♯5 fits the soprano part; F♯3–F♯4 fits the tenor part; F♯2–F♯3 fits the bass part; no whole F♯-to-F♯ octave fits the alto part. Find your own range.
As a sub or an 808, the keynote is F♯1 at 46.2 Hz, or F♯2 at 92.5 Hz an octave up. Tune an 808 to F♯.
What plays
Drums, an organ bass and a pluck, the Brumm app's own sounds, four bars at 123 BPM, one chord per bar. The arrows move bass and chords a semitone; the drums stay.
Then hum over it
The hum button opens Brumm with a short line in the key over a beat. Hum yours and it becomes an instrument. No account, no upload.
Sources
Scales and chords: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Camelot, Open Key: Mixed In Key, Mixgraph. Open strings: Wikipedia. Choir parts: Open Music Theory, Geneseo. Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.
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