What notes are in the F# m69 chord?

The F# m69 chord contains the notes F# · A · C# · D# · G#: the root F# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M 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# m69 chord?

Measured from F#, the F# m69 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M. 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# m69 chord?

On guitar the most common F# m69 shape is 20112x, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play F#3 · A3 · C#4 · D#4 · G#4 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# M69 Chord (F#m69): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	F#3 · A3 · C#4 · D#4 · G#4
Open (drop 2)	D#3 · F#3 · A3 · C#4 · G#4
Shell	F#3 · A3 · D#4
Rootless	A3 · D#4 · G#4

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

F# m69 (F#m69) contains the notes F# · A · C# · D# · G#, 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# m69 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# m69 belongs to.

In which keys

F# m69 is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

E majorii69Subdominant
C# minoriv69Subdominant

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

Scales that contain it

F# m69 fits inside these scales, each built on F#.

F# Major BluesF# · G# · A · A# · C# · D#
F# Melodic MinorF# · G# · A · B · C# · D# · E#
F# DorianF# · G# · A · B · C# · D# · E
F# Dorian #4F# · G# · A · B# · C# · D# · E
F# Lydian DiminishedF# · G# · A · B# · C# · D# · E#
F# Bebop MinorF# · G# · A · A# · B · C# · D# · E
F# Minor Six DiminishedF# · G# · A · B · C# · D · D# · E#
F# Composite BluesF# · G# · A · A# · B · C · C# · D# · E

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with F# m69: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

F#m6F# · A · C# · D#
F#madd9F# · A · C# · G#
F#mF# · A · C#
F#sus2F# · G# · C#
F#5F# · C#

Richer

F#m13F# · A · C# · E · G# · D#

m69 on every root

Cm69 C#m69 Dbm69 Dm69 D#m69 Ebm69 Em69 Fm69 Gm69 G#m69 Abm69 Am69 Bbm69 Bm69

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Understanding the F# m69 chord

Names and symbols

F#m69 is the chord symbol for F# m69; it is also written F#-69.

6add9, 6/9 and 69 all mean the sixth chord with an added ninth; the slash in 6/9 is not a bass note.

Common questions

What notes are in the F# m69 chord?: The F# m69 chord contains the notes F# · A · C# · D# · G#: the root F# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M 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# m69 chord?: Measured from F#, the F# m69 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M. 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# m69 chord?: On guitar the most common F# m69 shape is 20112x, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play F#3 · A3 · C#4 · D#4 · G#4 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.