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Gm6 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 3–5–5–3–5–3

How to play the Gm6 chord on guitar

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

Notation for Gm6 chord

Other names: G minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: G minor sixth chord

Intervals and tones in Gm6 chord

Note Interval
G Root
B Minor 3rd
D Perfect 5th
E Major 6th

All Variations

Open
3–X–2–3–3–3
Fret 3
3–5–5–3–5–3
Fret 5
X–5–5–7–5–6
Fret 8
X–10–8–9–8–10

Songs using Gm6