3 · 6 chords · attunr

Add the 6th note of the scale to a chord and it turns sweet and old-fashioned: the sound of swing, bossa nova and the last chord of a lot of 50s songs. In position 1 it's often one finger off the chord you know: G6 is G with the high e left open, C6 is C with the G string's A added on top.

The 6th is La in the chord's own solfège. Labels below: R, 3 (or ♭3), 5 and 6.

R356

G6: 3 2 0 0 0 0. The open high e is the 6th (E).

R36

C6: x 3 2 2 1 0. The G string's 2nd fret adds the 6th (A).

R5♭36

Em6: 0 2 2 0 2 0. The B string's 2nd fret is the 6th (C♯), the note from E Dorian (stage 5).

R563

D6: x x 0 2 0 2. Open B string as the 6th.

Try this

Play G G6 G G6, then end a G C D G loop on G6 instead of G. Hear how it sounds finished, but with a smile.

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