Fm6

F1A♭♭3C5D6

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

13011x

moderate

Fig. 3

13013x

moderate

Fig. 4

1301xx

open

Fig. 5

133131

hard · barre

Fig. 6

13313x

hard · barre

What is true of it

Fm6 is F, A♭, C and D — 1, b3, 5 and 6 counted from F.

These are also the notes of Dm7♭5/F. 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 13011x: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

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

2 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Fm6/A♭

45056x

second inversion

Fm6/C

x30111

third inversion

Fm6/D

xx0111

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.

F in other shapes

F6major sixth Fmajor Fmminor Fdimdiminished

Cm6 C♯m6 D♭m6 Dm6 D♯m6 E♭m6 Em6 F♯m6 all 374