What notes are in the F# 7add6 chord?

The F# 7add6 chord contains the notes F# · A# · C# · E · D#: the root F# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7m, 13M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally F#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the F# 7add6 chord?

Measured from F#, the F# 7add6 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7m, 13M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the F# 7add6 chord?

On guitar the most common F# 7add6 shape is 242342, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play F#3 · A#3 · C#4 · E4 · D#5 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

F# 7add6 Chord (F#7add6): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	F#3 · A#3 · C#4 · E4 · D#5
Open (drop 2)	E3 · F#3 · A#3 · C#4 · D#5
Shell	F#3 · A#3 · E4
Rootless	A#3 · E4 · D#5

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

F# 7add6 (F#7add6) contains the notes F# · A# · C# · E · D#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of F# 7add6 puts a chord tone other than F# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales F# 7add6 belongs to.

In which keys

F# 7add6 is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

B majorV7add6Dominant
G# minorVII7add6Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

F# 7add6 fits inside these scales, each built on F#.

F# MixolydianF# · G# · A# · B · C# · D# · E
F# Lydian DominantF# · G# · A# · B# · C# · D# · E
F# Half-Whole DiminishedF# · G · A · A# · B# · C# · D# · E
F# BebopF# · G# · A# · B · C# · D# · E · E#
F# Bebop MinorF# · G# · A · A# · B · C# · D# · E
F# Kafi RagaF# · A · A# · B · C# · D# · E · E#
F# Composite BluesF# · G# · A · A# · B · C · C# · D# · E

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with F# 7add6: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

F#7F# · A# · C# · E
F#6F# · A# · C# · D#
F#F# · A# · C#
F#7no5F# · A# · E
F#5F# · C#

Richer

F#13F# · A# · C# · E · G# · D#
F#13b9F# · A# · C# · E · G · D#
F#13#11F# · A# · C# · E · G# · B# · D#
F#13b9#11F# · A# · C# · E · G · B# · D#

Common substitutions

C7add6C · E · G · Bb · A
C7add6 shares the third and seventh of F#7add6 a tritone away, so it can replace it as a dominant.
C#m7C# · E · G# · B
C#m7 is the ii chord that leads into F#7add6 in a ii–V.

7add6 on every root

C7add6 C#7add6 Db7add6 D7add6 Eb7add6 E7add6 F7add6 Gb7add6 G7add6 G#7add6 Ab7add6 A7add6 Bb7add6 B7add6

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Understanding the F# 7add6 chord

Names and symbols

F#7add6 is the chord symbol for F# 7add6; it is also written F#67, F#7add13.

F# 7add6 and Gb 7add6 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Gb 7add6

Common questions

What notes are in the F# 7add6 chord?: The F# 7add6 chord contains the notes F# · A# · C# · E · D#: the root F# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7m, 13M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally F#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the F# 7add6 chord?: Measured from F#, the F# 7add6 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7m, 13M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the F# 7add6 chord?: On guitar the most common F# 7add6 shape is 242342, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play F#3 · A#3 · C#4 · E4 · D#5 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.