What notes are in the F# m7add11 chord?

The F# m7add11 chord contains the notes F# · A · C# · E · B: the root F# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 7m, 11P 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# m7add11 chord?

Measured from F#, the F# m7add11 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 7m, 11P. 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# m7add11 chord?

On guitar the most common F# m7add11 shape is 222222, 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 · E4 · B4 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# M7add11 Chord (F#m7add11): 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 · E4 · B4
Open (drop 2)	E3 · F#3 · A3 · C#4 · B4
Shell	F#3 · A3 · E4
Rootless	A3 · E4 · B4

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Anatomy

F# m7add11 (F#m7add11) contains the notes F# · A · C# · E · B, 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# m7add11 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# m7add11 belongs to.

In which keys

F# m7add11 is diatonic to 6 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

D majoriii7add11Tonic
B minorv7add11Dominant
A majorvi7add11Tonic
F# minori7add11Tonic
E majorii7add11Subdominant
C# minoriv7add11Subdominant

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

Scales that contain it

F# m7add11 fits inside these scales, each built on F#.

F# Minor BluesF# · A · B · C · C# · E
F# MinorF# · G# · A · B · C# · D · E
F# DorianF# · G# · A · B · C# · D# · E
F# PhrygianF# · G · A · B · C# · D · E
F# Dorian b2F# · G · A · B · C# · D# · E
F# Spanish HeptatonicF# · G · A · A# · B · C# · D · E
F# Bebop MinorF# · G# · A · A# · B · C# · D# · E
F# Bebop LocrianF# · G · A · B · C · C# · D · E

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with F# m7add11: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

F#7sus4F# · B · C# · E
F#m7F# · A · C# · E
F#4F# · B · E · A
F#madd4F# · A · B · C#
F#sus4F# · B · C#
F#mF# · A · C#
F#5F# · C#

Richer

F#m11F# · A · C# · E · G# · B

m7add11 on every root

Cm7add11 C#m7add11 Dbm7add11 Dm7add11 D#m7add11 Ebm7add11 Em7add11 Fm7add11 Gm7add11 G#m7add11 Abm7add11 Am7add11 A#m7add11 Bbm7add11 Bm7add11

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Understanding the F# m7add11 chord

Names and symbols

F#m7add11 is the chord symbol for F# m7add11; it is also written F#m7add4.

Common questions

What notes are in the F# m7add11 chord?: The F# m7add11 chord contains the notes F# · A · C# · E · B: the root F# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 7m, 11P 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# m7add11 chord?: Measured from F#, the F# m7add11 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 7m, 11P. 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# m7add11 chord?: On guitar the most common F# m7add11 shape is 222222, 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 · E4 · B4 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.