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Fig. 1 · Am6 · open

ukulele chord

Am6

A1C♭3E5F♯6

A minor triad with a major sixth added, which is why it is not simply a minor chord with a flat seventh.

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Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

2020

open · no 5

Fig. 3

202x

open · no 5

Fig. 4

2023

open · no 5

2
Fig. 5

2423

moderate · barre

8
Fig. 6

x989

easy · no 5

What is true of it

Am6 is A, C, E and F♯ — 1, b3, 5 and 6 counted from A.

These are also the notes of F♯m7♭5/A and G♭m7♭5/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.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 2020: 2 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

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

1 of the 5 need a barre.

It leaves out the 5. 4 strings cannot carry 4 notes, and the 5 is the one this chord can lose without changing what it is.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Am6/C

x020

8
second inversion

Am6/E

9989

11
third inversion

Am6/F♯

bccc

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.

A in other shapes

A6major sixthAmajorAmminorAdimdiminished

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