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Chord

Fb Major 6

  • Fb6
  • Fbmaj6
  • FbM6
  • Fbmajor6
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
FbM3Abm3Cb2Db

Fb Major 6, written Fb6, is built from Fb, Ab, Cb and Db: the root, major 3rd, 5th and 6th.

Its 3rd and 6th, Ab and Db, 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

    Fb Pentatonic

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

  2. Mode of Major

    Fb Ionian

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

  3. Mode of Major Bebop

    Fb Major Bebop

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

Voicings All 14