

vii° – E diminished, E minor seventh flat five (E°, Em7b5).vi – D minor, D minor seventh (Dm, Dm7).V – C major, C dominant seventh (C, C7).IV – Bb major, Bb major seventh (Bb, Bbmaj 7).iii – A minor, A minor seventh (Am, Am7).ii – G minor, G minor seventh (Gm, Gm7).I – F major, F major seventh (Fmaj, Fmaj7).

The four note extended chords are F major seventh, G minor seventh, A minor seventh, Bb major seventh, C dominant seventh, D minor seventh, and E minor seventh flat five. The trick is to select a note in the F major scale. You can add sevenths to these chords, either major seventh or dominant seventh, depending on the chord. The triad chords in the key of F major are F major, G minor, A minor, Bb major, C major, D minor, and E diminished. Numerals that represent major chords are capitalized, and minor and diminished chords are lower case. You would have noticed above that Roman Numerals are used to represent each chord. Chord I is a major chord, chord ii is a minor chord, chord iii is a minor chord, chord IV is a major chord, chord V is a major chord, chord vi is a minor chord and lastly, chord vii° is a diminished chord. The pattern for naming chords in every major key is Major Minor Minor Major Major Minor Diminished. Highly Recommended: Click here for one of the BEST piano/keyboard courses I’ve seen online.

Each chord is named after one of these notes. The chords in the F major key make use of these seven notes. We will look at basic triad chords as well as four notes extended chords (with sevenths).įirstly, what are the notes of the F major scale? Its notes are F G A Bb C D E. In this lesson, we take a look at chords in the key of F major.
