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C#m6 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–4–2–3–2–4

How to play the C#m6 chord on guitar

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

Notation for C#m6 chord

Other names: C# minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: C# minor sixth chord

Intervals and tones in C#m6 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
E Minor 3rd
Ab Perfect 5th
B Major 6th

All Variations

Open
X–4–2–3–2–4
Fret 5
X–X–6–6–5–6
Fret 8
9–X–8–9–9–X
Fret 9
9–11–11–9–11–9

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using C#m6

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