Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

BM6(add4)B Major 6th Added 4th

A♯Root

Dtone

D♯tone

Ftone

Gtone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · Notes A♯ · D · D♯ · F · G

How to play it

BM6(add4) fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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).

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar chord — Open (x 2 4 1 4 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar chord — Open (x 2 2 1 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 9 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 9 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x 9 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 9 9 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar chord — 13th position (x 14 14 13 16 14) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar chord — 18th position (21 18 18 21 19 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

BM6(add4) 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.

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar tab — Open (x 2 4 1 4 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar tab — Open (x 2 2 1 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 9 7 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 9 7 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x 9 9 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 9 9 9 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar tab — 13th position (x 14 14 13 16 14) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 6th Added 4th guitar tab — 18th position (21 18 18 21 19 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How BM6(add4) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

crowdedtense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · D♯ · F · G

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6

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