Ama7addb13 Major 7th

The Ama7addb13 chord is built from the notes A – C# – E – G# – F.

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Also known as

Ama7addb15Ama7b13Amaj7(b15)

Chord tones, one by one

ARoot

Root

The fundamental note the chord is built on — A.

C#Third

Major third

Four semitones — makes the chord major (brighter, happier).

EFifth

Perfect fifth

Seven semitones — the most stable interval, reinforces the root.

G#Seventh

Major seventh

Eleven semitones — a lush, jazzy seventh just below the octave (maj7).

FExtension

Flat thirteenth (♭13)

A ♭13 — dark altered tension over a dominant chord.

🎼 Related scales

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Harmonic major scale; its characteristic note is the dark ♭6.

🎸 Genres

Jazz · Gospel · Classical

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