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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 X–1–3–X–2–3

How to play the Bm6 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Do not play
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · little finger

Notation for Bm6 chord

Other names: B minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: B minor sixth chord

Intervals and tones in Bm6 chord

Note Interval
B Root
C# 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 B as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Bm6

Ami
Markéta Konvičková
Kid At Christmas
Christina Perri