guitar chord
G6
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
320000
open
350000
easy
320030
open
320400
easy
322000
open · no 5
What is true of it
G6 is G, B, D and E — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from G.
These are also the notes of Em7/G. 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 320000: 2 fingers, held at the 2nd 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 G, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.
With a different note underneath
G6/B
x20000
G6/D
xx0000
G6/E
020000
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.