What notes are in the F# 7b6 chord?

The F# 7b6 chord contains the notes F# · A# · C# · D · E: the root F# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6m, 7m 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# 7b6 chord?

Measured from F#, the F# 7b6 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6m, 7m. 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# 7b6 chord?

On guitar the most common F# 7b6 shape is 210320, 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 · D4 · E4 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# 7b6 Chord (F#7b6): 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 · D4 · E4
Open (drop 2)	D3 · F#3 · A#3 · C#4 · E4
Shell	F#3 · A#3 · E4
Rootless	A#3 · D4 · E4

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Anatomy

F# 7b6 (F#7b6) contains the notes F# · A# · C# · D · E, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords

Inversions

An inversion of F# 7b6 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# 7b6 belongs to.

In which keys

F# 7b6 is diatonic to 1 key; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

B minorV7b6Dominant

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

Scales that contain it

F# 7b6 fits inside these scales, each built on F#.

F# Phrygian DominantF# · G · A# · B · C# · D · E
F# Mixolydian b6F# · G# · A# · B · C# · D · E
F# Lydian MinorF# · G# · A# · B# · C# · D · E
F# Spanish HeptatonicF# · G · A · A# · B · C# · D · E
F# Messiaen's Mode #3F# · G# · A · A# · B# · C# · D · E · E#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with F# 7b6: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

F#7F# · A# · C# · E
F#7b13F# · A# · E · D
F#F# · A# · C#
F#7no5F# · A# · E
F#5F# · C#

Richer

F#7#11b13F# · A# · C# · E · B# · D
F#7b9b13F# · A# · C# · E · G · D
F#9#11b13F# · A# · C# · E · G# · B# · D
F#7b9b13#11F# · A# · C# · E · G · B# · D

Common substitutions

C7b6C · E · G · Ab · Bb
C7b6 shares the third and seventh of F#7b6 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#7b6 in a ii–V.

7b6 on every root

C7b6 C#7b6 D7b6 Eb7b6 E7b6 F7b6 G7b6 G#7b6 Ab7b6 A7b6 Bb7b6 B7b6

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Understanding the F# 7b6 chord

Names and symbols

F#7b6 is the chord symbol for F# 7b6.

Common questions

What notes are in the F# 7b6 chord?: The F# 7b6 chord contains the notes F# · A# · C# · D · E: the root F# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6m, 7m 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# 7b6 chord?: Measured from F#, the F# 7b6 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6m, 7m. 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# 7b6 chord?: On guitar the most common F# 7b6 shape is 210320, 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 · D4 · E4 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.