Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

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

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3, 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 — Open (4 3 4 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 4 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 11th position (x 12 12 11 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 12th position (x 12 12 13 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 13th position (16 15 16 13 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar chord — 14th position (16 15 16 x 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
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 — Open (4 3 4 1 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 4 x 2) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 4 4 2) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 6 7 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 11th position (x 12 12 11 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 12th position (x 12 12 13 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 13th position (16 15 16 13 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th guitar tab — 14th position (16 15 16 x 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
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:

Open GC / Drop CSawmill / Mountain ModalOpen D

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