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Lessons: Lesson #261: Using the Major 6 Chord |
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Pages: 1 2 3 4
Suggested Tempo: 170 |
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Ahhh yes, the old trusty major 6 chord. In this lesson, we'll look at a couple of ways to add the old reliable major 6 chord to our ever expanding arsenal of cool chords.
A major 6 is like a major chord in that we use the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of the major scale to construct it but we also add the 6th note as well (hence the name). The example in this lesson will use the G major 6 chord so if we look at the G major scale and the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 6th notes of the scale, we get:
| Note | G | A | B | C | D | E | F# |
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| Degree | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Thus, our Gmaj6 chord consists of G, B, D, and E. Listen to the example below to hear how this sounds: |
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