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Bm6 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 2–2–0–1–0–2

How to play the Bm6 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 2–2–0–1–0–2 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 2 · middle finger
5th string (A) Fret 2 · ring finger
4th string (D) Open
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · pinky

Other names for the Bm6 chord

Other names: B minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: B minor sixth chord

Notes and intervals in the Bm6 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D Minor 3rd
F# Perfect 5th
G# Major 6th

All variations

Open
2–2–0–1–0–2
Open
X–X–4–4–3–4
Fret 6
7–X–6–7–7–X
Fret 7
7–9–9–7–9–7
Open
X–2–0–1–0–2
Open
0–2–0–1–0–2

Songs using Bm6