Left-handed Bm6 diagram
Vertical: high e on the left, nut at the top. Horizontal: high e at the top, nut on the right. X = silent, O = open. Dot numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little. A thick line joins notes held with one finger as a barre.
Fret and finger guide
Both codes read from low E to high e, regardless of the diagram view.
- Frets
x · 2 · 4 · 4 · 3 · 4- Fingers
- – · 1 · 3 · 3 · 2 · 4
- Level
- Advanced (this fingering)
Make a clean Bm6 chord
Pick only the sounding strings. Keep X-marked strings silent, place each finger just behind its fret wire, and release pressure between attempts.
- Place one finger at a time, just behind the fret wire.
- Pick each sounding string slowly. Adjust any finger that mutes its neighbour.
- Release pressure, then make the shape again. Aim for a relaxed hand.
- Strum four beats, rest for four, then repeat. Rest if your hand becomes tired; stop if you feel pain.
More fingering ideas
Compare the alternative voicing and choose the position that sounds clear without straining your hand.
Fret codes are written low E to high e. An x means leave that string silent.
Practise chord changes with a metronome →Bm6 notes and chord formula
A minor sixth uses a minor third and a natural sixth. That sixth is not flattened by the word minor. Try Am moving to Am6.
- Formula
- 1 – b3 – 5 – 6
- Chord notes
- B – D – F# – G#
This shape contains every degree of the chord formula.
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