guitar chord
F6
A major triad with a sixth added. The same four notes as a minor seventh chord a third below.
Every fingering that fits a hand
100211
moderate
10021x
open
1002xx
open · no 5
100231
moderate · no 5
10023x
open · no 5
What is true of it
F6 is F, A, C and D — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from F.
These are also the notes of Dm7/F. 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 100211: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.
3 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.
Where its notes are on the neck
The brass dots are F, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.
With a different note underneath
F6/A
x00211
F6/C
x30211
F6/D
xx0211
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.