Major family
B♭ sixth chord
B♭6B♭ sixth
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 6
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 1
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B♭1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- D3
- 4
- ♭5
- F5
- ♯5
- G6
- ♭7
- 7
- B♭ Root
- D Major 3rd
- F Perfect 5th
- G Major 6th
About this chord
What is a B♭ sixth chord?
B♭6 is built from 4 notes: B♭ (the root), D (the 3), F (the 5), G (the 6). A major triad with a sweet, vintage colour on top.
- Notes
- B♭ · D · F · G
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 6
- Also written
- B♭maj6 · B♭M6
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Neighbours
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