What notes are in the F# 7no5 chord?

The F# 7no5 chord contains the notes F# · A# · E: the root F# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 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# 7no5 chord?

Measured from F#, the F# 7no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 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# 7no5 chord?

On guitar the most common F# 7no5 shape is 2123xx, 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 · 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# 7no5 Chord (F#7no5): 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 · E4

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Anatomy

F# 7no5 (F#7no5) contains the notes F# · A# · 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# 7no5 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# 7no5 belongs to.

In which keys

F# 7no5 is diatonic to 3 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

B minorV7no5Dominant
B majorV7no5Dominant
G# minorVII7no5Subdominant

Scales that contain it

F# 7no5 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# Phrygian DominantF# · G · A# · B · C# · D · E
F# Half-Whole DiminishedF# · G · A · A# · B# · C# · D# · E
F# Mixolydian PentatonicF# · A# · B · C# · E
F# Neapolitan Major PentatonicF# · A# · B · C · E
F# Whole Tone PentatonicF# · A# · C · D · E
F# Lydian Dominant PentatonicF# · A# · B# · C# · E

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with F# 7no5: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Richer

F#7F# · A# · C# · E
F#alt7F# · A# · E · G
F#9F# · A# · C# · E · G#
F#7b9F# · A# · C# · E · G
F#13F# · A# · C# · E · G# · D#
F#7b13F# · A# · E · D

Common substitutions

C7no5C · E · Bb
C7no5 shares the third and seventh of F#7no5 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#7no5 in a ii–V.

7no5 on every root

C7no5 C#7no5 Db7no5 D7no5 Eb7no5 E7no5 F7no5 Gb7no5 G7no5 G#7no5 Ab7no5 A7no5 Bb7no5 B7no5

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Understanding the F# 7no5 chord

Names and symbols

F#7no5 is the chord symbol for F# 7no5.

F# 7no5 and Gb 7no5 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Gb 7no5

Common questions

What notes are in the F# 7no5 chord?: The F# 7no5 chord contains the notes F# · A# · E: the root F# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 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# 7no5 chord?: Measured from F#, the F# 7no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 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# 7no5 chord?: On guitar the most common F# 7no5 shape is 2123xx, 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 · 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.