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C#m6 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
C#4 · E4 · Ab4 · Bb4

How to play the C#m6 chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: C#4, E4, Ab4 and Bb4. Suggested fingering is 1–2–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Notation for C#m6 chord

Other names: C# minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: C# minor sixth chord

Intervals and tones in C#m6 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
E Minor 3rd
Ab Perfect 5th
B Major 6th

Inversions

1st inversion
E4 · Ab4 · Bb4 · C#5
2nd inversion
Ab4 · Bb4 · C#5 · E5

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using C#m6

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