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F#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 2–X–1–2–2–2

How to play the F#m6 chord on guitar

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

Notation for F#m6 chord

Other names: F# minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: F# minor sixth chord

Intervals and tones in F#m6 chord

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

All Variations

Open
2–X–1–2–2–2
Fret 4
X–4–4–6–4–5
Fret 7
X–9–7–8–7–9
Fret 8
X–9–11–8–10–X

More chords with F# as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using F#m6

Ta třetí
Kateřina Marie Tichá
Boxer
Radek Tomášek
2012
Zoči Voči