Jazzity

Chord

A# Major 6

  • A#6
  • A#maj6
  • A#M6
  • A#major6
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Notes and intervals
A#M3C##m3E#2G

A# Major 6, written A#6, is built from A#, C##, E# and G: the root, major 3rd, 5th and 6th.

Its 3rd and 6th, C## and G, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Pentatonic

    A# Pentatonic

    The major pentatonic scale leaves the 4th and 7th out of the major scale, so it has no ...

  2. Mode of Major

    A# Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  3. Mode of Major Bebop

    A# Major Bebop

    The major bebop scale adds a #5 passing tone to the major scale, so that a run of eight...

Voicings All 14