Am6 Chord (Minor 6th)

The minor 6th chord adds a natural 6th to a minor triad — root, flat 3rd, 5th, natural 6th — a distinctly different colour from min7. The notes of Am6 are A, C, E, F#.

Noir and jazz-minor territory: it’s the chord under a moody vamp that wants darkness without the softness min7 would add.

Am6 voicings on guitar

Every playable, root-in-the-bass grip standard tuning offers, computed from the chord’s own formula — not a fixed shape library.

Compare it directly against min7 on the same root — the natural 6th here is brighter and more anxious than min7’s flat 7th.

Formula and intervals

R - b3 - 5 - 6 — 4 notes.

Scales that fit Am6

Every scale below contains all of this chord’s notes — safe territory to improvise in over it.

• A Dorian

Also compatible: Major Blues, Melodic Minor, Diminished (HW).

Other extended on A

• A6 (Major 6th)
• Aadd9 (Add 9)
• Amaj9 (Major 9th)
• Am9 (Minor 9th)
• A9 (Dominant 9th)
• A11 (Dominant 11th)