Dm6

D1F♭3A5B6

A minor triad with a major sixth added, which is why it is not simply a minor chord with a flat seventh.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

xx0201

open

Fig. 3

xx0401

easy · no 5

Fig. 4

x53405

hard

Fig. 5

x50465

hard

Fig. 6

x53205

hard

What is true of it

Dm6 is D, F, A and B — 1, b3, 5 and 6 counted from D.

These are also the notes of Bm7♭5/D. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is xx0201: 2 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

2 strings stay silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are D, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Dm6/F

100201

second inversion

Dm6/A

x00201

third inversion

Dm6/B

x20201

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

D in other shapes

D6major sixth Dmajor Dmminor Ddimdiminished

Cm6 C♯m6 D♭m6 D♯m6 E♭m6 Em6 Fm6 F♯m6 all 374