F♯ minor 6th chord

Playing it

On guitar, F♯m6 has an open-position shape, 20122x, using four fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the high E string.

On piano, F♯m6 has three black keys (F♯, C♯ and D♯) and one white key.

On ukulele the usual F♯m6 shape is 2320, using three fingers.

Related chords

F♯m6 contains exactly the same notes as E♭m7♭5. Which name fits depends on which note is in the bass and what key you’re in.

Move a single note and F♯m6 becomes a different chord: drop the D♯ for F♯m, raise D♯ to E for F♯m7, raise A to A♯ for F♯6 and lower C♯ to C for F♯dim7.