F♯ 6th
F♯6
Notes
F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · D♯
Intervals
- RootF♯ (1P)
- Major 3rdA♯ (3M)
- Perfect 5thC♯ (5P)
- Major 6thD♯ (6M)
Fretboard
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Voicings & shapes
Drop-2 voicings (12)
About
The F♯6 chord (F♯–A♯–C♯–D♯) adds the major sixth to a major triad. The sixth is a stable, consonant addition — it does not introduce dissonance the way a 7th does — which gives 6 chords a warm, slightly vintage sound common in jazz, swing, and older pop. They can substitute for F♯ or F♯Maj7 as tonic harmony when a less tense color is wanted. The D♯ is the defining extension; the 5th can be omitted. On guitar, 6-chord voicings tend to be compact and practical for comping. Compared to F♯Maj7, the 6 feels more grounded and less harmonically ambiguous — the 6th sits further from the root than the 7th does, so it creates no half-step tension.
Chord diagrams
F# 6th voicing charts — tap a sheet to open it full size to save or print.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- F♯ Lydian (I)
- F♯ Major (I)
- F♯ Major Pentatonic (deg 1)
- F♯ Mixolydian (I)
- A♭ Dorian (VII)
- A♭ Mixolydian (VII)
- A♭ Natural Minor (VII)
- B Lydian (V)
- B Major (V)
- B♭ Diminished (deg 6)
- B♭ Harmonic Minor (VI)
- B♭ Locrian (VI)
- B♭ Natural Minor (VI)
- B♭ Phrygian (VI)
- C Locrian (V)
- D♭ Diminished (deg 4)
- D♭ Dorian (IV)
- D♭ Major (IV)
- D♭ Melodic Minor (IV)
- D♭ Mixolydian (IV)
- E Diminished (deg 2)
- E Lydian (II)
- E♭ Blues (deg 2)
- E♭ Dorian (III)
- E♭ Minor Pentatonic (deg 2)
- E♭ Natural Minor (III)
- E♭ Phrygian (III)
- F Locrian (II)
- F Phrygian (II)
- G Diminished (deg 8)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. The Roman numeral (or scale degree) marks the chord root’s position in the scale.