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.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x20102

open

Fig. 3

x2010x

open · no 5

Fig. 4

x20404

easy · no 5

Fig. 5

x20104

easy · no 5

Fig. 6

x20132

moderate

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 x20102: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

2 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

Bm6/D

xx0102

second inversion

Bm6/F♯

220102

third inversion

Bm6/G♯

420402

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 sixth Bmajor Bmminor Bdimdiminished

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