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Fig. 1 · G6 on the keyboard

piano chord

G6

G1B3D5E6

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

G6 is G, B, D and E — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from G.

These are also the notes of Em7/G. 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.

G in other shapes

Gm6minor sixthGmajorGmminorGdimdiminished

C6C♯6D♭6D6D♯6E♭6E6F6all 374