F# Minor 11th
F#m11
Notes
F# · A · C# · E · G# · B
Intervals
- RootF# (1P)
- Minor 3rdA (3m)
- Perfect 5thC# (5P)
- Minor 7thE (7m)
- Major 9thG# (9M)
- Perfect 11thB (11P)
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About
The F♯m11 (F♯–A–C♯–E–G♯–B) adds an 11th (equivalent to a fourth) above the minor 7 base. The B stacks a suspended quality onto the existing minor-seventh sound, creating a spacious, harmonically ambiguous texture associated with modal jazz and ambient music. In practice, the 5th and 9th are often omitted on guitar, leaving a voicing built around the 3rd, 7th, and 11th — the notes that give the chord its character. The 11th itself is the essential extension. Compared to F♯m9, m11 is more atmospheric and less harmonically focused, well suited to static or slow-moving progressions.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- F♯ Natural Minor (I)
- A Major (VI)
- E Major (II)
- F♯ Dorian (I)
- A Lydian (VI)
- B Dorian (V)
- B Mixolydian (V)
- D Lydian (III)
- E Mixolydian (II)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. Roman numeral marks the chord root’s position in the scale; dashed badges aren’t linked yet.