B6

B1D♯3F♯5G♯6

A major triad with a sixth added. The same four notes as a minor seventh chord a third below.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x21102

moderate

Fig. 3

x2110x

open · no 5

Fig. 4

x21104

hard · no 5

Fig. 5

x21404

hard · no 5

Fig. 6

76640x

hard · no 5

What is true of it

B6 is B, D♯, F♯ and G♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from B.

These are also the notes of G♯m7/B and A♭m7/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 x21102: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

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

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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

first inversion

B6/D♯

xx1102

second inversion

B6/F♯

22110x

third inversion

B6/G♯

464444

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

Bm6minor sixth Bmajor Bmminor Bdimdiminished

C6 C♯6 D♭6 D6 D♯6 E♭6 E6 F6 all 374