Minor family
C minor sixth chord
Cm6C minor sixth
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
- 6
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 3
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- C1
- ♭2
- 2
- E♭♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- G5
- ♯5
- A6
- ♭7
- 7
- C Root
- E♭ Minor 3rd
- G Perfect 5th
- A Major 6th
About this chord
What is a C minor sixth chord?
Cm6 is built from 4 notes: C (the root), E♭ (the ♭3), G (the 5), A (the 6). Minor with a major sixth: mysterious, a little film noir.
- Notes
- C · E♭ · G · A
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 6
- Also written
- Cmin6 · C-6
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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