How to Play F7 on Piano

The F Dominant 7th chord sounds restless and bluesy. It stacks 4 notes: F – A – C – Eb.

A major triad plus a flattened seventh. The tritone between its third and seventh is what makes it lean so hard toward the chord a fourth above.

Notes in F7

NoteIntervalFinger
FF4Root1
AA4Major 3rd2
CC5Perfect 5th3
EbEb5Minor 7th5

How to Play

Right Hand

Place your thumb (finger 1) on F. Use finger 2 on A, finger 3 on C, and finger 5 on Eb.

Where it sits

One note of this chord (Eb) is on black keys, so play it a little further back on the keys than an all-white shape.

Press all 4 keys at the same time. Keep your wrist relaxed and your fingers curved. The blue dots on the piano below show exactly which keys to press — they turn green when you play the right note.

Other Dominant 7th Chords

C7
C – E – G – Bb
Db7
Db – F – Ab – Cb
D7
D – F# – A – C
Eb7
Eb – G – Bb – Db
E7
E – G# – B – D
F#7
F# – A# – C# – E
G7
G – B – D – F
Ab7
Ab – C – Eb – Gb
A7
A – C# – E – G
Bb7
Bb – D – F – Ab
B7
B – D# – F# – A

Other F Chords

F6
F – A – C – D
F9
F – A – C – Eb – G
F
F – A – C
Fm
F – Ab – C
Fmaj7
F – A – C – E
Fm7
F – Ab – C – Eb
Fdim
F – Ab – Cb
Faug
F – A – C#
Fsus2
F – G – C
Fsus4
F – Bb – C
Fdim7
F – Ab – Cb – Ebb
Fm6
F – Ab – C – D
Fadd9
F – A – C – G