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Fm6 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 1–3–3–1–3–1

How to play the Fm6 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 1–3–3–1–3–1 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 1 · index finger
5th string (A) Fret 3 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · little finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Notation for Fm6 chord

Other names: F minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: F minor sixth chord

Intervals and tones in Fm6 chord

Note Interval
F Root
Ab Minor 3rd
C Perfect 5th
D Major 6th

All Variations

Open
1–X–0–1–1–1
Fret 3
X–X–3–5–3–4
Fret 6
X–8–6–7–6–8
Fret 9
X–X–10–10–9–10
Open
1–3–3–1–3–1

Songs using Fm6