Guitar UpscaleMinor 6th Chord (m6) on guitar
A minor 6th chord adds the major sixth to a minor triad, a dark, jazzy chord from Gypsy jazz and film music.
| Written as | Cm6 |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b3 5 6 |
| Notes in C | C Eb G A |
| Semitones from the root | 0, 3, 7, 9 |
About the Minor 6th Chord
Am6 is A, C, E and F#. The major 6th comes from the Dorian mode and melodic minor.
Gypsy jazz players use it as the main minor chord. It also ends many minor key jazz tunes.
It has the same notes as F#m7b5, with A in the bass.
Intervals
- 1: Root, 0 semitones above the root
- b3: Minor 3rd, 3 semitones above the root
- 5: Perfect 5th, 7 semitones above the root
- 6: Major 6th, 9 semitones above the root
Minor 6th Chord charts in all 12 keys
Each chart shows the strings from the thick low E on the left to the thin high e on the right. Numbers in the dots are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little, T thumb. × marks a muted string and ○ an open one. A bar across strings is a barre.
Cm6: C Eb G A
Gm6: G Bb D E
Dm6: D F A B
Am6: A C E F#
Em6: E G B C#
Bm6: B D F# G#
F#m6: F# A C# D#
C#m6: C# E G# A#
G#m6: G# B D# E#
Ebm6: Eb Gb Bb C
Bbm6: Bb Db F G
Fm6: F Ab C D
Scales to play over Cm6
Each of these scales, started on C, holds every note of the chord:
- C Melodic Minor
- C Dorian Mode
- C Adonai Malakh
- C Kumoi Scale
- C Romanian Scale
- C Romanian Minor (Ukrainian Dorian)
- C Hungarian Major
- C Narayan Scale
- C Neapolitan Major
- C Javanese (Dorian b2)
- C Chromatic Blues Scale
- C Major Blues Scale
- C Bebop Minor (Bebop Dorian)
- C Diminished (Half Whole)
- C Nine Tone Scale
- C Lydian Diminished
- C Lydian #2