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Fig. 1 · Bb6 on the keyboard

piano chord

B♭6

B♭1D3F5G6

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

Written the other way round it is A♯6 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

B♭6 is B♭, D, F and G — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from B♭.

These are also the notes of Gm7/B♭. 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.

B♭ in other shapes

B♭m6minor sixthB♭majorB♭mminorB♭dimdiminished

C6C♯6D♭6D6D♯6E♭6E6F6all 374