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Ebm6 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–1–1–3–1–2

How to play the Ebm6 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–1–3–1–2 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · middle finger

Notation for Ebm6 chord

Other names: Eb minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: Eb minor sixth chord

Intervals and tones in Ebm6 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
F# Minor 3rd
B Perfect 5th
C Major 6th

All Variations

Open
X–1–1–3–1–2
Fret 4
X–6–4–5–4–6
Fret 7
X–X–8–8–7–8
Fret 11
11–13–13–11–13–11

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Ebm6

A staré rány nebolí
Michal Horáček