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Major and Minor Sixth Piano Chord Diagrams

This document provides diagrams and explanations of major and minor sixth piano chords. It defines major sixth chords as combining the root, third, fifth, and sixth notes of the major scale, and minor sixth chords as combining the root, flat third, fifth, and sixth notes. Diagrams of all 12 major and minor sixth chords are given, listing the specific notes that make up each chord.

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Major and Minor Sixth Piano Chord Diagrams

This document provides diagrams and explanations of major and minor sixth piano chords. It defines major sixth chords as combining the root, third, fifth, and sixth notes of the major scale, and minor sixth chords as combining the root, flat third, fifth, and sixth notes. Diagrams of all 12 major and minor sixth chords are given, listing the specific notes that make up each chord.

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Major and Minor Sixth Piano Chord Diagrams

You will find a number of piano chord diagrams here.

Learn how to form major, minor, diminished, diminished seventh, augmented, suspended fourth, seventh
suspended fourth, dominant seventh, minor seventh, major seventh, minor sixth and major sixth piano chords.

More advanced players can learn how to form jazz piano chords. These include a variety of ninth, eleventh and
thirteenth piano chords.

In this free piano lesson we take a look at major sixth and minor sixth chord diagrams. We shall start with major
sixth chords.

How do you form a major sixth chord? You combine the root, third, fifth, and sixth of the major scale. What is
the symbol for major 6th? It’s M6 or 6. For instance, F major sixth is written FM6 or just F6.

Major sixth piano chord diagrams


Here are all 12 major 6 chords and the notes that form them.

 C major sixth – C, E, G, A
 C sharp major sixth – C sharp, E sharp, G sharp, A sharp
 D major sixth – D, F sharp, A, B
 E flat, major sixth – E flat, G, B flat, C
 E major sixth – E, G, sharp, B, C sharp
 F major sixth – F, A, C, D
 F sharp major sixth – F sharp, A sharp, C sharp, D sharp
 G major sixth – G, B, D, E
 A flat major sixth – A flat, C E flat, F
 A major sixth – A, C sharp, E, F sharp
 B flat major sixth – B flat, D, F, G
 B major sixth – B, D sharp, F sharp, G sharp

How do you form a minor sixth chord? To build a minor sixth chord, combine the root, flat third, fifth, and sixth
of the major scale. What is the symbol for minor sixth? It’s mi6 or -6. For instance, G minor sixth is written
Gmi6 or G-6.

Minor sixth piano chord diagrams


Here are all 12 minor 6 chords and the notes that form them.

 C minor sixth – C, E flat, G, A


 C sharp, minor sixth – C sharp, E, G sharp, A sharp
 D minor sixth – D, F, A, B
 E flat, minor sixth – E flat, G flat, B flat, C
 E minor sixth – E, G, B, C sharp
 F minor sixth – F, A flat, C, D
 F sharp minor sixth – F sharp, A, C sharp, D sharp
 G minor sixth – G, B flat, D, E
 A flat, minor sixth – A flat, C flat, E flat, F
 A minor sixth – A, C, E, F sharp
 B flat, minor sixth – B flat, D flat, F, G
 B minor sixth – B, D, F sharp, G sharp

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