What notes are in the G# 7add6 chord?

The G# 7add6 chord contains the notes G# · B# · D# · F# · E#: the root G# 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 G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the G# 7add6 chord?

Measured from G#, the G# 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 G# 7add6 chord?

On guitar the most common G# 7add6 shape is 434111, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B#4 · D#4 · F#4 · E#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.

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

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	G#3 · B#4 · D#4 · F#4 · E#5
Open (drop 2)	F#3 · G#3 · D#4 · B#4 · E#5
Shell	G#3 · B#4 · F#4
Rootless	B#3 · F#3 · E#4

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

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

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

Inversions

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

Where it lives

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

In which keys

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

Db majorV7add6Dominant
Bb minorVII7add6Subdominant

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

Scales that contain it

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

G# MixolydianG# · A# · B# · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# Bebop MinorG# · A# · B · B# · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# Composite BluesG# · A# · B · B# · C# · D · D# · E# · F#

Related chords

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

Simpler

G#7G# · B# · D# · F#
G#6G# · B# · D# · E#
G#G# · B# · D#
G#7no5G# · B# · F#
G#5G# · D#

Richer

G#13G# · B# · D# · F# · A# · E#
G#13b9G# · B# · D# · F# · A · E#

Common substitutions

D7add6D · F# · A · C · B
D7add6 shares the third and seventh of G#7add6 a tritone away, so it can replace it as a dominant.
D#m7D# · F# · A# · C#
D#m7 is the ii chord that leads into G#7add6 in a ii–V.

7add6 on every root

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

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Understanding the G# 7add6 chord

Names and symbols

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

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

Common questions

What notes are in the G# 7add6 chord?: The G# 7add6 chord contains the notes G# · B# · D# · F# · E#: the root G# 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 G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the G# 7add6 chord?: Measured from G#, the G# 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 G# 7add6 chord?: On guitar the most common G# 7add6 shape is 434111, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B#4 · D#4 · F#4 · E#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.