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MAJOR 6TH

MUSIC CHORD
TERMS DICTIONARY

 

 
   

MAJOR 6TH

A Major 6th chord is a group of harmonic notes.  Basically for this chord, one would add the 6th note of the scale to a more common Major chord.  To determine which notes are to be used for this chord, let us look at a scale.  We will use a scale in the key of C to show how this chord is put together:

Scale in Key of C

Notes C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C    
Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15    

A scale in the key of C shown above are the normal notes that one might expect in a song.  Instead of calling the notes C, D, E, etc.  or 1, 2, 3 , we also could think of the sequence as the singing notes: do, re, me fa, so, la ti do.

In this case, a Major 6th chord is made up of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th notes of the scale.  For a C Major 6th chord then (key of C), the notes of this chord would be:  C, E, G and A.  This chord would be abbreviated:  CM6


 
   

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