AC#F#A
Fig. 1 · A6 · open

ukulele chord

A6

A1C♯3E5F♯6

A major triad with a sixth added. The same four notes as a minor seventh chord a third below.

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

2120

open · no 5

Fig. 3

212x

easy · no 5

2
Fig. 4

2424

moderate · barre

9
Fig. 5

x999

moderate · barre · no 5

Fig. 6

2124

hard · no 5

What is true of it

A6 is A, C♯, E and F♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from A.

These are also the notes of F♯m7/A and G♭m7/A. 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 2120: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

2 of the 5 need a barre.

It leaves out the 5. 4 strings cannot carry 4 notes, and the 5 is the one this chord can lose without changing what it is.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are A, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

A6/C♯

x120

9
second inversion

A6/E

9999

4
third inversion

A6/F♯

x654

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.

A in other shapes

Am6minor sixthAmajorAmminorAdimdiminished

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