Minor family
B minor sixth chord
Bm6B minor sixth
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
- 6
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 2
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B1
- ♭2
- 2
- D♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- F♯5
- ♯5
- G♯6
- ♭7
- 7
- B Root
- D Minor 3rd
- F♯ Perfect 5th
- G♯ Major 6th
About this chord
What is a B minor sixth chord?
Bm6 is built from 4 notes: B (the root), D (the ♭3), F♯ (the 5), G♯ (the 6). Minor with a major sixth: mysterious, a little film noir.
- Notes
- B · D · F♯ · G♯
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 6
- Also written
- Bmin6 · B-6
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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