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Bbm6 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 X–1–3–X–2–3

How to play the Bbm6 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–3–X–2–3 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) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Muted
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · pinky

Other names for the Bbm6 chord

Other names: Bb minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: Bb minor sixth chord

Notes and intervals in the Bbm6 chord

Note Interval
Bb Root
Db Minor 3rd
F Perfect 5th
G Major 6th

All variations

Open
X–1–3–X–2–3
Fret 3
X–4–5–3–6–X
Fret 5
6–X–5–6–6–6
Fret 6
6–8–8–6–8–6

More chords with Bb as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Bbm6

Ami
Markéta Konvičková
Kráva
Barbora Poláková
Měsíční řeka
Karel Gott
Čas Holin
Bratři Ebenové
Blues o staré štěnici
Petr Kalandra