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.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

504550

moderate

Fig. 3

x04550

easy

Fig. 4

x04210

easy

Fig. 5

x02212

moderate

Fig. 6

504570

moderate

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 504550: 4 fingers, held at the 4th 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.

Where its notes are on the neck

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

x34210

second inversion

Am6/E

004550

third inversion

Am6/F♯

202210

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 sixth Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished

Cm6 C♯m6 D♭m6 Dm6 D♯m6 E♭m6 Em6 Fm6 all 374