Em6

E1G♭3B5C♯6

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

045000

easy

Fig. 3

042000

easy

Fig. 4

022020

open

Fig. 5

045400

easy

Fig. 6

042003

easy

What is true of it

Em6 is E, G, B and C♯ — 1, b3, 5 and 6 counted from E.

These are also the notes of C♯m7♭5/E and D♭m7♭5/E. 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 045000: 2 fingers, held at the 4th fret.

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

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Em6/G

342000

second inversion

Em6/B

x22020

third inversion

Em6/C♯

x45000

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.

E in other shapes

E6major sixth Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

Cm6 C♯m6 D♭m6 Dm6 D♯m6 E♭m6 Fm6 F♯m6 all 374