CHORD REFERENCE

F♯m6

F♯ – A – C♯ – D♯1 b3 5 6

The F♯ Minor 6th chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
F♯1Ab3C♯5D♯6

F♯m6 is F#, A, C#, D# — the 1, b3, 5 and 6 above the root F♯.

Piano
AF♯C♯D♯
Guitar

Ways to play it

A-shape barre — 9th fret
9fr×

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♯AC♯D♯BC♯D♯F♯AGAC♯D♯F♯DD♯F♯AC♯AAC♯D♯F♯AEF♯AC♯D♯

Root notes are red. The shapes above are movable — an E-shape has its root on the low E string, an A-shape on the A string. any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AAC♯D♯F♯AEF♯AC♯D♯CC♯D♯F♯AGAC♯D♯F♯

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only F#, A, C#, D# plays the chord.

In which keys

F♯m6 is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other F♯ chords

Triads

F♯MajorF♯mMinorF♯5Power Chord (5)F♯dimDiminishedF♯augAugmentedF♯sus2Suspended 2ndF♯sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

F♯6Major 6thF♯7Dominant 7thF♯maj7Major 7thF♯m7Minor 7thF♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thF♯dim7Diminished 7thF♯m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)F♯7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

F♯7♭57♭5F♯7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)F♯7♭97♭9F♯7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

F♯add9Added 9thF♯6/96/9F♯9Dominant 9thF♯maj9Major 9thF♯m9Minor 9thF♯11Dominant 11thF♯13Dominant 13th
Minor 6th on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭B
Keep exploring

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