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Abm6 Guitar Chord

A dramatic minor chord with an added major sixth. Typical of jazz, tango and film music. The sixth gives the minor chord a distinctive urgency.

Guitar

Strings 4–X–3–4–4–X

How to play the Abm6 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–X–3–4–4–X from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 4 · middle finger
5th string (A) Do not play
4th string (D) Fret 3 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · little finger
1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for Abm6 chord

Other names: Ab minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: Ab minor sixth chord

Intervals and tones in Abm6 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
H Minor 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
F Major 6th

All Variations

Open
4–X–3–4–4–X
Fret 4
4–6–6–4–6–4
Fret 6
X–6–6–8–6–7
Fret 9
X–11–9–10–9–11

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Abm6

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