E6

E1G♯3B5C♯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

042100

easy

Fig. 3

046400

easy

Fig. 4

046600

easy

Fig. 5

022120

moderate

Fig. 6

042404

moderate

What is true of it

E6 is E, G♯, B and C♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from E.

These are also the notes of C♯m7/E and D♭m7/E. 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 042100: 3 fingers, held at the 1st 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 E, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

E6/G♯

446400

second inversion

E6/B

x22120

third inversion

E6/C♯

x42100

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.

E in other shapes

Em6minor sixth Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

C6 C♯6 D♭6 D6 D♯6 E♭6 F6 F♯6 all 374