2BDG#B
Fig. 1 · Bm6 · hard

ukulele chord

Bm6

B1D♭3F♯5G♯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

2
Fig. 2

4242

hard · no 5

4
Fig. 3

4645

moderate · barre

2
Fig. 4

424x

easy · no 5

2
Fig. 5

4245

hard · no 5

10
Fig. 6

xbab

easy · no 5

What is true of it

Bm6 is B, D, F♯ and G♯ — 1, b3, 5 and 6 counted from B.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 4242: 4 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

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 B, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

2
first inversion

Bm6/D

x242

10
second inversion

Bm6/F♯

bbab

third inversion

Bm6/G♯

1222

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.

B in other shapes

B6major sixthBmajorBmminorBdimdiminished

Cm6C♯m6D♭m6Dm6D♯m6E♭m6Em6Fm6all 374