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Fig. 1 · Em6 on the keyboard

piano chord

Em6

E1G♭3B5C♯6

A minor triad with a major sixth added, which is why it is not simply a minor chord with a flat seventh.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

Em6 is E, G, B and C♯ — 1, b3, 5 and 6 counted from E.

These are also the notes of C♯m7♭5/E and D♭m7♭5/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.

E in other shapes

E6major sixthEmajorEmminorEdimdiminished

Cm6C♯m6D♭m6Dm6D♯m6E♭m6Fm6F♯m6all 374