E6 ukulele chord
Sweet and vintage. A major chord with an added 6th, common in jazz, rockabilly, and 1950s pop.
E major 6th · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes
How to Play E6 on Ukulele
The easiest shape is 1102: G string 1st fret · C string 1st fret · E string open · A string 2nd fret.
Open position
1 1 0 2
Barre at fret 4
4 4 4 4
Barre at fret 9
9 11 9 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 E6
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.
E6 on Other Instruments
- Guitar: see the E6 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
- Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 2424. 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: E6 contains exactly the notes of C♯m7, so one shape plays both.
Related Ukulele Chords
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