B6 ukulele chord
Sweet and vintage. A major chord with an added 6th, common in jazz, rockabilly, and 1950s pop.
B major 6th · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes
How to Play B6 on Ukulele
The easiest shape is 1322: G string 1st fret · C string 3rd fret · E string 2nd fret · A string 2nd fret.
First position
1 3 2 2
Barre at fret 4
4 6 4 6
Barre at fret 11
11 11 11 11
Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.
Notes in B6
A ukulele has four strings, so a 4-note chord uses every string for a different note — there is nothing left to double. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.
B6 on Other Instruments
- Guitar: see the B6 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
- Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 1102. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.
- Same notes: B6 contains exactly the notes of A♭m7, so one shape plays both.
Related Ukulele Chords
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