F#mMaj7

— About this chord

F#mMaj7 (F# minor-major 7th, 1–♭3–5–7) is a haunting, unresolved chord that pairs the darkness of a minor third with the yearning pull of a natural 7th ringing right beside the root. Famous for its use in spy-film and Bond-style cues, it also appears in jazz ballads and noir underscoring where it signals suspense or unfinished longing. On guitar it favors compact movable shapes with a half-step dissonance chiming between the 7th and root, moving easily up the neck from a low open-ish voicing to tighter jazz shells. Functionally it often works as a passing chord moving from minor to minor7, or as a melancholic tonic substitute driving descending chromatic bass lines beneath a static melody. Also known as F#m(maj7), Gbm(maj7), or F# minor/major 7.