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F7alt chord

F Altered Dominant

F7alt · Root

1F33A3b7Eb4b9Gb4#9G#4b13Db5
C313C4C5b7b9#9b13

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Notes

F – A – E♭ – G♭ – G♯ – D♭

Formula

1 – 3 – b7 – b9 – #9 – b13

Practice Note

The altered dominant draws on the altered scale, whose tensions include b9, #9, #11, and b13 over a dominant. This representative formula is 1, 3, b7, b9, #9, b13; pianists often omit the root when a bassist supplies it.

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F7 · SimplerF7#9 · SiblingF7b9 · SiblingF7#9#5 · Close relativeBbm · Resolves toCm7b5 · ii in minor

About F7alt

The F7alt chord sounds distinctive, with a altered dominant character. Its notes are F, A, Eb, Gb, G#, Db. This chord is commonly heard in jazz.

Jazz
All F chords (61)

Triads

F — MajorFm — MinorFdim — DiminishedFaug — AugmentedFsus2 — Suspended 2ndFsus4 — Suspended 4thF5 — Power Chord

7ths

F7 — Dominant 7thFmaj7 — Major 7thFm7 — Minor 7thFm7#5 — Minor 7th Sharp 5Fdim7 — Diminished 7thFm7b5 — Half-Diminished 7thF6 — Major 6thFm6 — Minor 6thF7sus4 — Dominant 7th Sus4F7sus2 — Dominant 7th Sus2

Extended

F9 — Dominant 9thFmaj9 — Major 9thFm9 — Minor 9thFadd9 — Add 9Fadd11 — Add 11Fadd2 — Add 2Fadd#11 — Add Sharp 11F11 — Dominant 11thF13 — Dominant 13thF6/9 — 6/9Fmaj13 — Major 13thFm(add2) — Minor Add 2Fm(add9) — Minor Add 9Fm(add11) — Minor Add 11FmMaj7 — Minor Major 7thFm11 — Minor 11thFm13 — Minor 13thFm6/9 — Minor 6/9F7#11 — Dominant 7th Sharp 11F9#11 — Dominant 9th Sharp 11F13#11 — Dominant 13th Sharp 11F9sus4 — Dominant 9th Sus4F13sus4 — Dominant 13th Sus4Fmaj7#11 — Major 7th Sharp 11Fmaj9#11 — Major 9th Sharp 11FmMaj9 — Minor Major 9thFm9b5 — Half-Diminished 9th

Altered

F7#9 — Dominant 7th Sharp 9F7b9#9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9 Sharp 9F13#9 — Dominant 13th Sharp 9F7b9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9F7#5 — Dominant 7th Sharp 5F7b5 — Dominant 7th Flat 5F7#9#5 — Dominant 7th #9 #5F7b9b5 — Dominant 7th b9 b5F7#9b5 — Dominant 7th #9 b5F7sus4b9 — Dominant 7th Sus4 Flat 9F9#5 — Dominant 9th Sharp 5F9b5 — Dominant 9th Flat 5F13b9 — Dominant 13th Flat 9F7b13 — Dominant 7th Flat 13Faug7 — Augmented 7thFdim(maj7) — Diminished Major 7thFaugMaj7 — Augmented Major 7th