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Bm6 Piano 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
B3 · D4 · F#4 · G#4

How to play the Bm6 chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: B3, D4, F#4 and G#4. Suggested fingering is 1–2–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Other names for the Bm6 chord

Other names: B minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: B minor sixth chord

Notes and intervals in the Bm6 chord

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

Inversions

1st inversion
D4 · F#4 · G#4 · B4
2nd inversion
F#4 · G#4 · B4 · D5

Songs using Bm6