Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Am6A Minor 6th

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone
D♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · ♭5  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · D♯

How to play it

Am6 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Minor 6th guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 5 x 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 5 8 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 5 8 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 5 8 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 11th position (x 12 11 12 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 11th position (x 12 11 14 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 17th position (19 19 17 x 20) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Am6 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Minor 6th guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 5 x 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 5 8 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 5 5 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 5 8 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 5 8 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 11th position (x 12 11 12 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 11th position (x 12 11 14 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 17th position (19 19 17 x 20) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
Sound

How Am6 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
bittersweetmysteriousnoir
Genres
jazzfilm scorebossa nova
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · ♭5
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More ways to play A Minor 6th

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Am6 in other tunings:

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