# F Minor Major 7th piano chord (FmMaj7)

FmMaj7 contains F, A♭, C and E. A minor triad with the major seventh added on top. A♭ is a black key; F, C and E are white.

- Canonical page: https://piano.org/chords/minor-major-7th/f/
- Entity: chord:minor-major-7th:f
- Notes: F A♭ C E
- Formula: 1 ♭3 5 7
- Intervals from root: P1, m3, P5, M7
- Interval stack (semitones): 3 4 4
- Also written: FmMaj7, FmMaj7, F minor major 7th
- Parameters: A440, 12-TET, 165 mm octave, spans centre to centre

## Construction

| Degree | Note | Interval from root | Semitones |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | F | Perfect unison | 0 |
| ♭3 | A♭ | Minor third | 3 |
| 5 | C | Perfect fifth | 7 |
| 7 | E | Major seventh | 11 |

## Fingering

Rest your right hand over the notes with finger 1 on F, finger 2 on A♭, finger 3 on C, finger 5 on E. The left hand mirrors it.
Right hand 1-2-3-5, left hand 5-3-2-1. Source: piano.org fingering method v1.

## Inversions

| Position | Bass | Notes in order | Figured bass | Span |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Root position | F | F3 A♭3 C4 E4 | 7 | 11 st, 151 mm |
| First inversion (FmMaj7/A♭) | A♭ | A♭3 C4 E4 F4 | 6/5 | 9 st, 124 mm |
| Second inversion (FmMaj7/C) | C | C4 E4 F4 A♭4 | 4/3 | 8 st, 110 mm |
| Third inversion (FmMaj7/E) | E | E4 F4 A♭4 C5 | 4/2 | 8 st, 110 mm |

## Voicings (10)

| Voicing | Notes | Span | Relation | Omits or adds |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Close, root position | F3 A♭3 C4 E4 | 11 st, 151 mm | identical | none |
| Close, first inversion | A♭3 C4 E4 F4 | 9 st, 124 mm | identical | none |
| Close, second inversion | C4 E4 F4 A♭4 | 8 st, 110 mm | identical | none |
| Close, third inversion | E4 F4 A♭4 C5 | 8 st, 110 mm | identical | none |
| Drop 2 | C3 F3 A♭3 E4 | 16 st, 220 mm | identical | none |
| Drop 3 | A♭2 F3 C4 E4 | 20 st, 275 mm | identical | none |
| Drop 2 and 4 | F2 C3 A♭3 E4 | 23 st, 316 mm | identical | none |
| Shell, root 7 ♭3 | F2 E3 A♭3 | 15 st, 206 mm | subset | omits C |
| Guide tones, ♭3 and 7 | A♭3 E4 | 8 st, 110 mm | subset | omits F and C |
| Rootless close | A♭3 C4 E4 | 8 st, 110 mm | subset | omits F |

## One-edit neighbors

| Becomes | Edit | Changes | Common tones |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fm | 1 ♭3 5 | drops E | 3 |
| Fmaj7 | 1 3 5 7 | A♭ becomes A | 3 |
| Fm7 | 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 | E becomes E♭ | 3 |
| Fm6 | 1 ♭3 5 6 | E becomes D | 3 |
| Fmaj9 | 1 3 5 7 9 | A♭ becomes A, G | 3 |
| Fm9 | 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9 | E becomes E♭, G | 3 |
| F | 1 3 5 | A♭, E becomes A | 2 |
| Fdim | 1 ♭3 ♭5 | C, E becomes C♭ | 2 |
| Fsus2 | 1 2 5 | A♭, E becomes G | 2 |
| Fsus4 | 1 4 5 | A♭, E becomes B♭ | 2 |
| F7 | 1 3 5 ♭7 | A♭, E becomes A, E♭ | 2 |
| Fm7♭5 | 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 | C, E becomes C♭, E♭ | 2 |

## Set theory

- Absolute pitch classes: {5, 8, 0, 4}
- Relative pitch classes: [0, 3, 7, 11]
- Normal order: [4, 5, 8, 0]
- Prime form: (0148)
- Forte number: 4-19
- Interval vector: <101310>

## Frequencies (close root position)

| Note | MIDI | Frequency |
| --- | --- | --- |
| F3 | 53 | 174.61 Hz |
| A♭3 | 56 | 207.65 Hz |
| C4 | 60 | 261.63 Hz |
| E4 | 64 | 329.63 Hz |

## Questions and answers

### What notes are in FmMaj7?

FmMaj7 contains F, A♭, C and E. The formula is 1, ♭3, 5, 7.

### How do you play FmMaj7 on piano?

Play F, A♭, C and E together. Right hand fingers 1, 2, 3, 5; left hand 5, 3, 2, 1. A♭ is a black key; F, C and E are white.

### What are the inversions of FmMaj7?

4 positions: root position F A♭ C E, FmMaj7/A♭, FmMaj7/C, FmMaj7/E.

### What is the difference between FmMaj7 and Fm?

Drops E. 3 of the notes are shared.

### What is an easy FmMaj7 for small hands?

The close, second inversion voicing, C4 E4 F4 A♭4, spans 8 semitones or about 110 mm.

### What are the frequencies of FmMaj7?

From F3 at A440 in 12-TET: 174.61, 207.65, 261.63, 329.63 Hz.

### What is the set class of FmMaj7?

Prime form (0148), Forte 4-19, interval vector &lt;101310&gt;.

### How do I transpose FmMaj7 to another key?

Keep the 1, ♭3, 5, 7 formula on the new root. CmMaj7 is C, E♭, G, B; C♯mMaj7 is C♯, E, G♯, B♯.

## Provenance

Every derived value above is computed by the piano.org theory kernel from the root, the quality and the stated parameters. Nothing is hand-entered per chord.

Machine record: https://piano.org/api/knowledge/v1/entities/chord:minor-major-7th:f
Last reviewed: 2026-08-12