F#o(add#5) Diminished

The F#o(add#5) chord is built from the notes F# – A – C – Eb – D.

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Chord tones, one by one

F#Root

Root

The fundamental note the chord is built on — F#.

AThird

Minor third

Three semitones — makes the chord minor (darker, sadder).

CFifth

Diminished fifth (♭5)

Six semitones — a flat fifth. Creates instability, typical of m7♭5 and diminished chords.

EbSeventh

Diminished seventh (♭♭7)

Nine semitones — a doubly-flat seventh, found in fully diminished 7th chords.

DExtension

Flat thirteenth (♭13)

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

🎼 Related scales

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Whole-half diminished scale.

🎸 Genres

Bebop jazz · Hard bop · Gypsy jazz

o(add#5) in every key

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