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Cm6 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–3–1–2–1–3

How to play the Cm6 chord on guitar

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

Notation for Cm6 chord

Other names: C minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: C minor sixth chord

Intervals and tones in Cm6 chord

Note Interval
C Root
Eb Minor 3rd
G Perfect 5th
A Major 6th

All Variations

Open
X–3–1–2–1–3
Fret 3
X–3–5–X–4–5
Fret 7
8–X–7–8–8–8
Fret 8
8–10–10–8–10–8

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Cm6

Večer křupavých srdíček
Vlasta Redl
A staré rány nebolí
Michal Horáček
Buřty, pivo a nenávist
Petr Hapka
Čas Holin
Bratři Ebenové
Na konečné tramvaje
Karel Plíhal
Možná lhát
Pavel Čadek