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Fig. 1 · E6 on the keyboard

piano chord

E6

E1G♯3B5C♯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

E6 is E, G♯, B and C♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from E.

These are also the notes of C♯m7/E and D♭m7/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.

E in other shapes

Em6minor sixthEmajorEmminorEdimdiminished

C6C♯6D♭6D6D♯6E♭6F6F♯6all 374