6th Chords - Who knew they were so interesting?

[@soundguitar]

Find the 6th chords through five different keys in my free chord chart: bit.ly/32UF6cQ

[@GRJ-uz7kf]

Every one of the lessons in this "chord" series is excellent, very practical

[@soundguitar]

Glad you like them and find them helpful! Thanks! :) -Jared

[@xjames213x]

This video helped immensely! A song I wrote has a G6, but sounded so mushy in context. Has the right notes, but the wrong approach. Thank you so much, Em7 is ace.

[@tomcasey5972]

Great pronunciation lesson on the difficult XTH sound for English learners. You showing how hard it is for native speakers to pronounce should be very encouraging for ESL learners! And a great guitar lesson too!

[@mbmillermo]

Another thing worth nothing is that the minor-6 (or half-diminished) has the same notes as a 7(9) chord without its root. So Am6 is A-C-E-F#, Fm7b5 is F#-A-C-E, and D9 is D-F#-A-C-E, so going from Am7 to Am6 is like doing a ii-V7 change.

[@stuartarnold4495]

Very good lesson about something I didn't really think about. Just learnt the shape and now I know why. Thanks jared

[@soundguitar]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching! :)

[@danqodusk8140]

I've watched a few of your presentations so far, and find you present the material very well with the required details. Well done!

[@AmbientMusicStudio]

Subscribed! You are explaining this stuff at exactly the level I need.

[@tezzo55]

What an incredible sounding tele! Why does your tele sound SO good, please sir?

[@MilennialZero]

Very clear explanation, with a clear connection of successively linked concepts on the topic.

[@mbmillermo]

In McCartney's "Fool On the Hill": Em7, A13, D6, Bm7. It also starts with D6. It's one of the rare examples I've seen where a major 6 chord is followed by the relative minor 7 chord. Much more often it would be D-Bm7 instead of D6-Bm7, but I guess people might play a D6 even if D was given.

[@geoffreyharris5931]

Note that D6 is the first inversion of Bm7.

[@mbmillermo]

@@geoffreyharris5931 - Yes, that's why it's unusual to see that, I think - It's almost the same chord.

[@poprostumati585]

Wow. Such an useful and in-depth lesson. The 7:35 progression sounds like the good, old 2001 Spidermans theme

[@soundguitar]

haha, never caught the spider theme sound in there, but I hear you, good catch. Glad you liked the lesson thanks! -Jared

[@bellowingsilence]

Fun little song that shows off a bit of that 6/minor 7 ambiguity if you find accurate chords for it and then start toying around with inversions: No Reply by the Beatles.

[@soundguitar]

Thanks for the tip! Great song :)

[@HenryAlexander321]

Awesome lesson man! Covered everything I was looking for in a really clear and straightforward way. New subscriber 👍

[@soundguitar]

That's great to hear, glad you liked it! thanks for the sub! cheers ~~ Jared

[@stanislasgillet2406]

Hi man, nice video and nice guitar sound!

[@geoffreyharris5931]

Ok. A couple things about the 1356 in major. Yes. You can use it funtionally like its relative minor chord but with a major sound. Thus for example C major 6th goes right into the ii chord (d minor) in the key of C but with that bright happy major sound rather than the doom and gloom sound of the relative minor to c, a minor. When I say Cmajor 6 acting as a dominant 7th vi53 goes right into the ii, am using the circle of fifths principle. Second -- and one sees this in some rather bluesy Elton John songs for example such as Sad Songs Say So Much -- you can get some really good rhymic, melodic, and harmonic activity in the base this way. Try using cgag, fcdc, gded. The sixth gives u an ability to play with the fifth of the chord -- particularly in a "stepping" rhtymically strong bass line, that u don't really get with other degrees. You don't get the dissonance of chromatics, the intense bluesy jumpy feel and somewhat dark feel of the dominant 7th or the suspended nature for the fourth. Now if u jump up from the 6th to the next root degree, it feels a little less jumpy and dark than using the 7th because the jump comes later and goes right to the tonic, and the minor third comes later and is the minor third between the relative minor root and the tonic root rather than between the dominant and its minor third degree (which sounds harder and darker).

[@Rockobassman]

You are amazing brother!

[@serqiyyemamedova2673]

Thank you so much for lesson! Just downloaded pdf on chord charts. Thanks this is very helpful 🎶🎶

[@soundguitar]

Sweet, glad it's helpful!! :) -Jared

[@berkyberry]

One word, Awesome! Many thanks!

[@TimHolman]

Great video! A lot of info here. Your musicality really comes through. Good job! 🔥🎸

[@soundguitar]

Thank you kindly!

[@SatsJava]

Dewa 19 - Kasidah Cinta D min6 - Aadd9/C# C maj b5 - C5 - F#dim/A - A min7 (no. 5) - E min (add9) F min (maj7)b5/E - E A sus2 - Am - C min(maj7) - C min - G

[@GoneGoner]

Again, great video Jared! I was always confused about the naming when the same chord can be a different "chord" as a result of an inversion. I always figured that the lower note was the one that should give the name of the chord but I guess it is just fluid. The series are greate and with a lot of depth, I am still trying to catch up and memorize everything from the older videos but it takes time deffo. Keep it up :)

[@soundguitar]

Yes, things can get increasingly fluid the deeper we go into theory. Part of the fun and the challenge I would say. Glad you found it helpful. Thanks so much! -Jared

[@chogumchonsa]

Play that progression in A you have “If” by Bread.

[@lifeartist6403]

Love this Video it Made me subscribe... I Love your perspective on music theory and the Focus and structure of this Video gave me Something to be inspired With. The way i found this Video is i notices that 4 Open Strings in the guitar (g6) Sound very calming and i wanted to know the Name of the chord. After Findung Out i wanted to know the Use of the chord and instead even learned how to Figure Out the chord plus Use of it plus another way of looking at it

[@soundguitar]

Yay, so glad you found this video helpful! Thanks for sharing. Cheers -Jared

[@robertpetre9378]

I like your Jazz counting singing

[@ryanmcgeary8406]

Great teacher, great stuff

[@kanzeon7729]

Hi Jared! So far I found your videos to be really helpful and they'd be even more so if you'd use some visual references in form of text or more played examples! I'm sure that would make your content easier/quicker to digest :)

[@soundguitar]

Thanks for the feedback Kan! I'll do my very best to keep getting better at making the most helpful lessons that I can. Thanks for watching! Cheers - Jared

[@TruthGuitar]

GOLD! Man Love your knowledge and playability. Good stuff! Also ....never noticed the unicycle....guitar unicycle video maybe?

[@soundguitar]

Thanks, Joel! 🙏 :) Haha! I was waiting for someone to comment on the unicycle! Yes, someday I'll ride it in a video. Maybe for some milestone celebration :)

[@TruthGuitar]

@@soundguitar yeah!!!

[@fabiocaetanofigueiredo1353]

Thanks for the great video! Liked your style of teaching and you got one more subscriber 👏

[@soundguitar]

Thanks for the sub, and welcome! :) -Jared

[@aviruptheguitarist]

very informative video, thank you

[@soundguitar]

You're welcome

[@stevephillips2284]

OMG! That Am6 voicing is the "VOODOO LADY" chord!

[@tableken9143]

I always put a thumb up with you r vid so cool and thanks

[@ph2738]

Wow, I was just in an intro to transcription class. We were working on Burno Mars “Versace on the Floor”. First question, what’s the first chord. D. Sounds like we might be in the key. What’s the second chord? I was at my keyboard, I said A, but maybe something extra there, I think A6. But everyone and all the internet says F#m7. Check out authorities like Chordify or Ultimate Tabs. I say “what’s F#m doing in a chord progression in the key of D?” Then I see it’s all the same notes as A6. You could call it A6 2nd inversion. Mind Blown!

[@ProdJamesCultz]

Subscribing this was so helpful connected a lot of dots for me

[@soundguitar]

So glad it helped! :)

[@Mike-rw2nh]

12:08 Study note: practice.

[@hazardeur]

Great and clear presentation. But you do realize that you can't just have that single wheel in the background without having a vid of yourself playing the chord changes in "Giant Steps" while riding on that thing, right?

[@soundguitar]

HAHAH that's a great idea. I did do one unicycle video, but not while playing Giant Steps. I'll put that on my list :)

[@Meshuggapeth]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but let’s say we’re playing in D Aeolian. For our tonic, couldn’t we have a D minor chord with a flat sixth, out of necessity due to the major 6 being out of key?

[@noneyabiznus]

interchangable got it thanks 11:55

[@TirelessG]

Great video. What can I play over a D6? Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@soundguitar]

Thanks for watching! Over D6 you can play D major scale, D major pentatonic, D lydian, D major arpeggio, D major6 arpeggio, D major 7 arpeggio. If in doubt, stick with the first two :). Thanks for asking. Cheers ** Jared

[@arunverma6044]

I do have to say the minor 6th in the 3rd and the 6th chord in the major scale sound pretty sweet ,so what shall i call those chords if not minor sixth. Other than that i love your videos ,you are sharing so much info god bless you.

[@soundguitar]

Good question! If you play minor 6th chords off of the iii or vi chord of a key then they are still minor 6th chords, you've just gone out of the key, using a note that isn't in the scale, which is great and definitely can sound amazing. Hope that answers that okay. thanks for asking! :) -Jared

[@fattyz1]

And they can both be right! And that’s the rub isn’t it? I have the sheets. I love these lessons. Yes I’m lost. Not totally! Remember math class in college? Everyone sits there awhile then when the professor starts writing the formulas on the second blackboard, everyone is biting the eraser off or otherwise gnawing the pencil, shaking the foot or twirling the hair. Lol

[@georgidobrevmusic]

Hey Jared, say we were to add the minor6th interval to the aforementioned "not applicable" chords. What would the chords name be then? E.g. for C# minor 1 b3 5 b6

[@soundguitar]

Then it’s just a first inversion major 7th chord - usually if a chord structure “doesn’t exist” it’s only because that structure is more strongly associated with something else more obvious or common or harmonically functional. For example, we don’t ever hear about a minor triad being able to have a #5, that’s because if you sharp the 5 of a minor triad it just becomes a major triad structure. Hope that helps!

[@georgidobrevmusic]

@@soundguitar you are a king and legend thanks mate

[@mrtoast244]

Sixth chords are sick chords

[@onepro1234]

Can you do a lesson on how minor 6th chords relate to 9th chords?

[@soundguitar]

I definiltey can - but just to be sure I know what you're asking about. What do mean by 6th chords relating to 9th chords? As in showing how they are each constructed and comparing them, or something else? Thanks! -Jared

[@onepro1234]

Thanks Jared for responding to this request. Some minor 6 shapes are the same as 9th chord shapes but are named differently because of the tonality. How are they constructed and named within their relative tonality. Hope this makes sense. Thanks again. Joseph

[@soundguitar]

Ah, I see! That's an awesome question! Where you did you come across that information? It's absolutely true that a minor 6th chord can be interpreted as a rootless dom9 chord. I'll put this on my list of videos to make. thanks so much!

[@soundguitar]

Let me know if this lesson answers your question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGXWeKmhfrx0atU. It shows how rootless voicings can be interpreted in many ways, which is exactly the case for the 6th and 9th chord situation you're asking about

[@onepro1234]

@@soundguitar Greetings Jared thank you for the link this is exactly what I was looking for. Actually even more information about chord construction and chord names than I have found after much research.Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight and for consistently posting excellent content.

[@dogewood5499]

Flamenco must be a 6th Chord powerhouse kind of genre.

[@redmosq4197]

Why is the 6 available on the ii chord but not the iii and vi?

[@paullapointe]

Couldn't that 9th chord also be in a minor 7th with the root on the third string and then just b minor 1 st pos ? I just learned all the 7th and inversions and that's how I've been looking at stuff looks like I'm going to have to learn all the six inversions and figure it out

[@paullapointe]

I'm just happy my brain gets this at all

[@artbremer4076]

isn't the half diminished is just an F# minor7#11? You added the F# on top and now it's kind of the root .. And isn't the full diminished just a min6th chord with flat 5th?

[@kylekyl8546]

Lets GOOOOOOO

[@soundguitar]

haha yeeeeeeaaaah

[@davidsummerville351]

I'm glad you have trouble pronouncing 6th like I do. 😎🤓

[@babybearph909]

i checked the 6th of Am and its F ? did i miss something?

[@soundguitar]

Yep you're right, b6 of Am is F. natural 6 of Am is F#

[@babybearph909]

@@soundguitar so if i want to use Amajor6 i need to use F# and if i want to use Am6 i need to use a F because its b6?

[@soundguitar]

@@babybearph909 Close! Actually major AND minor 6 chords both use the major 6th interval from the root. So both Am6 and Amaj6 would have F# as the 6

[@babybearph909]

@@soundguitar last question is it wrong if i use b6 in minor chord ? . because i try to use it and it sounds ok ?

[@soundguitar]

@@babybearph909 Nothing is wrong, but the reason that isn't a common chord name is because doing that makes it first inversion major 7 chord. So more often that structure is referred to as Major7 with the 3 as the lowest note. That being said, Minb6 can be used as well, but it's not a typical chord in "functional harmony" hope that helps!

[@francescacarcassi116]

The fifth of a minor seventh Is the third of a sixth chord

[@benjahmon]

Hmm, which reminds me: "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheeps's sick"

[@zaldyabitria3249]

C major scale =1-2-3-5-5-6-7,..1)CM6,,,2)DmM6,,3)Emb6,,4)FM7,,5)GM6,,,6)Amb6,,7)Bddim.b6... That's the 6ths chords of the Diatonic scale..

[@alfredscoggins3206]

But why put a major 6 onto a minor chord? Apart from it sounding nice? :-)

[@soundguitar]

That's the only reason needed! :)

[@alfredscoggins3206]

@@soundguitar Right, thanks!

[@ProdJamesCultz]

You sing like your guitar lol “flat 3” Lmaoo

[@soundguitar]

🤣

[@elg2887]

Why do you use a major 6th interval on a minor 6th chord instead of using the minor 6th interval. What would you call a chord that uses a minor 6th interval instead of a major 6th interval?

[@soundguitar]

Great question. A minor triad with a minor 6th added above the root in it instead of a natural 6 ends up being an inversion of major 7. So Amin(b6) = Fmaj7 first inversion.

[@elg2887]

@@soundguitar Thanks a lot! Love the content!

[@soundguitar]

@@elg2887 You're welcome! Glad you like it :) - cheers, -Jared

[@Euro.Patriot]

A6 - Help!

[@soundguitar]

It's in my chord chart. bit.ly/32UF6cQ

[@Euro.Patriot]

@@soundguitar R/wooosh

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

Say sixth six times

[@ian2armannduccio]

Don't want to nit-pick, but when you say the 6th is 6 notes higher than the 1st, you're committing a violation of arithmetic. 6 - 1 = 5. The 6th is 5 notes up from the root.