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Fig. 1 · B6 on the keyboard

piano chord

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 guitaron ukulelethe scale

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.

B in other shapes

Bm6minor sixthBmajorBmminorBdimdiminished

C6C♯6D♭6D6D♯6E♭6E6F6all 374