06 How to Jam in the Key of F

Course: Intermediate Jamming

In this video

This ‘Jamming’ section of the Intermediate course aims to answer any questions you have so far and consolidate your skills and knowledge you have gained. Here we Jam in the key of F Major.

Song sin the The Key of F can be common, particularly songs written on piano as it is quite a friendly key for piano. As guitarists, we often choose to use a capo at first fret to make the key of F seem like the more guitar friendly key of E, such as in my tutorial for Hey Jude by The Beatles.

F major scale 

 F - G - A - Bb – C – D - E 

  1   2    3    4   5     6    7   

Chords in the Key of F 

 F - Gm - Am - Bb - C - Dm 

  I    ii   iii   IV   V   vi

Interactive TAB - Essential Music Theory Points

Here we have taken the essential music theory points from the lesson video and synced them to tab for easy learning! This clip shows how the notes from the major scale give us all the chords in the key of F major.


Example chord progression 1

|F     |Bb         |Dm         |C         | 

Song Examples; 

  • Yesterday by The Beatles (no capo)
  • Better Together by Jack Johnson (no capo)

Relative Minor Key – D minor 

Example chord progression 2 (in D minor) 

|Dm         |C         |Bb         |C         | 

Same chords as above. Song examples; Eric Clapton - Layla


Interactive TAB - Jamming examples

Here we have tabbed out the improvisation examples from the lesson video, which is synced to video for easy learning! These can be used as inspiration for you own jams, or learn them note for note to get you started.


Keep Learning

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Next Up: 07 How to Jam in the Key of G

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