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Chords in F# Aeolian

F# Aeolian is built from the notes F#, G#, A, B, C#, D and E. Its scale carries 3 sharps. Harmonising that scale in thirds gives seven chords — 3 majors, 3 minors and 1 diminished — starting on F#m as the i. The chord on the fifth degree is C#m rather than a major V, so F# Aeolian has no leading tone and resolves by step and colour instead of by dominant pull — the sound that separates it from a plain F# major.

Beyond those seven, F# Aeolian commonly borrows F# (I), G#m (ii), A#m (iii), B (IV) and C# (V) from the parallel major — the mixture chords that give a progression somewhere unexpected to go.

The seven chords

iF#mF# minor, open position, capo 0244222iiøG#dimG# diminished, open position, capo 0420404bIIIAA major, open position, capo 0x02220ivBmB minor, open position, capo 0x20402vC#mC# minor, position 4, capo 04frx46650bVIDD major, open position, capo 0xx0232bVIIEE major, open position, capo 0022100

Extended to four notes each, the same seven degrees give F#m7, G#m7b5, Amaj7, Bm7, C#m7, Dmaj7, E7.

Borrowed chords

IF#F# major, open position, capo 0244322iiG#mG# minor, position 4, capo 04fr466444iiiA#mA# minor, open position, capo 0x13321IVBB major, open position, capo 0x24442VC#C# major, position 4, capo 04frx46664viD#mD# minor, open position, capo 0xx1342viiøE#dimE# diminished, open position, capo 0xx3404
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