B 6th
B6
Notes
B · D♯ · F♯ · G♯
Intervals
- RootB (1P)
- Major 3rdD♯ (3M)
- Perfect 5thF♯ (5P)
- Major 6thG♯ (6M)
Fretboard
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Voicings & shapes
Drop-2 voicings (12)
About
The B6 chord (B–D♯–F♯–G♯) adds the major sixth to a major triad. The sixth is a stable, consonant addition — it does not introduce dissonance the way a 7th does — which gives 6 chords a warm, slightly vintage sound common in jazz, swing, and older pop. They can substitute for B or BMaj7 as tonic harmony when a less tense color is wanted. The G♯ is the defining extension; the 5th can be omitted. On guitar, 6-chord voicings tend to be compact and practical for comping. Compared to BMaj7, the 6 feels more grounded and less harmonically ambiguous — the 6th sits further from the root than the 7th does, so it creates no half-step tension.
Chord diagrams
B 6th voicing charts — tap a sheet to open it full size to save or print.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- B Lydian (I)
- B Major (I)
- B Major Pentatonic (deg 1)
- B Mixolydian (I)
- A Diminished (deg 2)
- A Lydian (II)
- A♭ Blues (deg 2)
- A♭ Dorian (III)
- A♭ Minor Pentatonic (deg 2)
- A♭ Natural Minor (III)
- A♭ Phrygian (III)
- B♭ Locrian (II)
- B♭ Phrygian (II)
- C Diminished (deg 8)
- D♭ Dorian (VII)
- D♭ Mixolydian (VII)
- D♭ Natural Minor (VII)
- E Lydian (V)
- E Major (V)
- E♭ Diminished (deg 6)
- E♭ Harmonic Minor (VI)
- E♭ Locrian (VI)
- E♭ Natural Minor (VI)
- E♭ Phrygian (VI)
- F Locrian (V)
- F♯ Diminished (deg 4)
- F♯ Dorian (IV)
- F♯ Major (IV)
- F♯ Melodic Minor (IV)
- F♯ Mixolydian (IV)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. The Roman numeral (or scale degree) marks the chord root’s position in the scale.