D 6th
D6
Notes
D · F♯ · A · B
Intervals
- RootD (1P)
- Major 3rdF♯ (3M)
- Perfect 5thA (5P)
- Major 6thB (6M)
Fretboard
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Voicings & shapes
Drop-2 voicings (12)
About
The D6 chord (D–F♯–A–B) 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 D or DMaj7 as tonic harmony when a less tense color is wanted. The B is the defining extension; the 5th can be omitted. On guitar, 6-chord voicings tend to be compact and practical for comping. Compared to DMaj7, 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
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Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- D Lydian (I)
- D Major (I)
- D Major Pentatonic (deg 1)
- D Mixolydian (I)
- A Diminished (deg 4)
- A Dorian (IV)
- A Major (IV)
- A Melodic Minor (IV)
- A Mixolydian (IV)
- A♭ Locrian (V)
- B Blues (deg 2)
- B Dorian (III)
- B Minor Pentatonic (deg 2)
- B Natural Minor (III)
- B Phrygian (III)
- C Diminished (deg 2)
- C Lydian (II)
- D♭ Locrian (II)
- D♭ Phrygian (II)
- E Dorian (VII)
- E Mixolydian (VII)
- E Natural Minor (VII)
- E♭ Diminished (deg 8)
- F♯ Diminished (deg 6)
- F♯ Harmonic Minor (VI)
- F♯ Locrian (VI)
- F♯ Natural Minor (VI)
- F♯ Phrygian (VI)
- G Lydian (V)
- G Major (V)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. The Roman numeral (or scale degree) marks the chord root’s position in the scale.