Guitar chords · Minor 6th
Bm6 chord on guitar
Bm6 (B minor 6th) has four notes: B, D, F♯ and G♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and 6.
Shapes
How to play Bm6
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Bm6 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 2 or the E shape at fret 7. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
A shape · fret 2
E shape · fret 7
Notes and formula
What makes Bm6 minor 6th
A minor 6th chord adds a major 6th to a minor chord. The 6th gives it a dark, slightly mysterious colour heard in jazz, bossa nova and film music.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The ♭3rd and the 6th make Bm6 a minor 6th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- BRroot
- D♭3essential
- F♯5optional
- G♯6essential
- B, the root
- Other chord tones
Keys
Keys with Bm6
Bm6 belongs to two keys: A major (ii6) and F♯ minor (iv6).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
Bm6 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Bm6 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Bm6/D
Bm6 with its ♭3rd, D, in the bass.
- Bm6/F♯
Bm6 with its 5th, F♯, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on B
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- B major
- Bm minor
- B7 dominant 7th
- Bmaj7 major 7th
- Bm7 minor 7th
- Bsus2 suspended 2nd
- Bsus4 suspended 4th
- B6 major 6th
- Badd9 add 9
- B9 dominant 9th
- Bmaj9 major 9th
- Bm9 minor 9th
- B13 dominant 13th
- Bmaj13 major 13th
- Bm11 minor 11th
- B° diminished
- Bm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- B°7 diminished 7th
- B+ augmented
- B5 power chord
- B7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Bm(maj7) minor major 7th
- B6/9 six-nine
- Bm(add9) minor add 9
- B7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Bm6, in short
- What notes are in the Bm6 chord?
- Bm6 (B minor 6th) has four notes: B, D, F♯ and G♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and 6.
- How do you play Bm6 on guitar?
- Bm6 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 2 or the E shape at fret 7.
- What key is Bm6 in?
- Bm6 belongs to two keys: A major (ii6) and F♯ minor (iv6).