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Fig. 1 · A6 on the keyboard

piano chord

A6

A1C♯3E5F♯6

A major triad with a sixth added. The same four notes as a minor seventh chord a third below.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

A6 is A, C♯, E and F♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from A.

These are also the notes of F♯m7/A and G♭m7/A. 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.

A in other shapes

Am6minor sixthAmajorAmminorAdimdiminished

C6C♯6D♭6D6D♯6E♭6E6F6all 374