B6 Guitar Chord

A nostalgic, retro sound with an added sixth. Widely used in jazz, country and Hawaiian music. Compared to maj7, it sounds less "jazzy" and more "vintage".

Guitar

Strings X–2–1–1–0–X

How to play the B6 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–2–1–1–0–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) Muted

5th string (A) Fret 2 · ring finger

4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger

3rd string (G) Fret 1 · middle finger

2nd string (B) Open

1st string (high E) Muted