Chord

Fb Major 7

  • Fbmaj7
  • FbM7
  • Fbmajor7
  • FbΔ7
  • FbΔ
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
FbM3Abm3CbM3Eb

Fb Major 7, written Fbmaj7, is built from Fb, Ab, Cb and Eb: the root, major 3rd, 5th and major 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Ab and Eb, 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 Major

    Fb Ionian

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

  2. Mode of Major

    Fb Lydian

  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