F Dominant 7th Flat Nine Flat Thirteenth

Symbols:F7b9b13
Scale Degree Formula:1-3-5-♭7-♭9-♭13
Interval Stack:M3 + m3 + m3 + m3 + P5
Notes:F, A, C, D#, F#, C#
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Construction

Using the scale degree formula, we first start with the F major scale, and number each note in the scale starting from 1 - these are the scale degrees. Next, we use the scale degree formula, in this case 1-3-5-♭7-♭9-♭13, to select notes from our enumerated scale. When a chord requires notes that are not in the scale, this is indicated with a flat (♭) or a sharp (#) along with the scale degree; a ♭3, for instance, would be one half-step down from the 3rd scale degree.
Alternatively, we can use the interval stack to construct our chord. With this approach, we first start with the root of the chord (F), then move our first interval (M3), which brings us to our second note in the chord (A). We repeatedly apply each of the remaining intervals in the stack to get the full list of notes for our chord.
The diagram below shows how both the scale degree formula and interval stack methods result in the same selection of notes:
F1F#♭2G2G#♭3A3Bb4B♭5C5C##5D6D#♭7E7F8F#♭9G9G#♭10A10Bb11B#11C12C#♭13M3m3m3m3P5

Similar Chords

The following chords are similar to this chord and may be a suitable replacement in certain scenarios.

Chord TypeChords
Dominant 7th Flat 9thF7b9
Dominant 7th Flat ThirteenthF7b13
Dominant 7th Sharp Five Flat 9thF7#5b9
Dominant 9th Flat ThirteenthF9b13
Dominant Eleventh Flat NineG#11b9, F11b9
Major EleventhC#M11
Minor 9th Flat FifthD#m9b5

Associated Scales

This chord can be found in the following scales.

ScaleRoots
Dorian b5D#
Harmonic MajorC#
Harmonic MinorBb
Ionian #5C#
Locrian bb7C
Locrian ♮6C
Lydian #9F#
Lydian Augmented #2A
Lydian b3F#
Mixolydian b2G#
Phrygian DominantF
Phrygian b4F
Super-Locrian bb7A
Ukrainian DorianD#

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