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Fig. 1 · D6 on the keyboard

piano chord

D6

D1F♯3A5B6

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

D6 is D, F♯, A and B — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from D.

These are also the notes of Bm7/D. 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.

D in other shapes

Dm6minor sixthDmajorDmminorDdimdiminished

C6C♯6D♭6D♯6E♭6E6F6F♯6all 374