Gm6

G1B♭♭3D5E6

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

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

0201

open

Fig. 3

0401

easy · no 5

Fig. 4

0465

easy

Fig. 5

0431

easy · no 5

Fig. 6

046x

easy · no 5

What is true of it

Gm6 is G, B♭, D and E — 1, b3, 5 and 6 counted from G.

These are also the notes of Em7♭5/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 0201: 2 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

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

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Gm6/B♭

3435

second inversion

Gm6/D

7767

third inversion

Gm6/E

9aaa

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.

G in other shapes

G6major sixth Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished

Cm6 C♯m6 D♭m6 Dm6 D♯m6 E♭m6 Em6 Fm6 all 374