E6 Guitar Chord: how to play it all along the fretboard
Welcome to our tutorial on the E 6 chord, a member of the Major Chords family. The E 6 chord is a beautiful, rich sounding chord, and is composed of the notes E, G#, B, and C#. The intervals that build this chord are 1, 3, 5, and 6, which in complete musical terms are known as the Root, Major Third, Perfect Fifth, and Major Sixth respectively.
Understanding the notation of these intervals can be a bit tricky for beginners, but with practice and a solid understanding of fretboard intervals, you'll soon be able to identify and play this chord with ease. The E 6 chord is more advanced than beginner chords, so if you're new to guitar, you might want to start with our full tutorial on all types of guitar chords before diving into this lesson.
In this tutorial, we will provide detailed chord diagrams and fretboard patterns to help you visualise and understand how the tones that compose the E 6 chord are arranged on the fretboard. If you're interested in expanding your chord vocabulary further, our tutorial on sixth (6) guitar chords can be a great next step after mastering the E 6 chord.
Remember, learning new chords is not just about memorizing shapes and patterns. It's also about understanding the theory behind how these chords are built by stacking intervals. If you want to delve deeper into this topic, check out our tutorial on building chords.
Happy playing and enjoy exploring the beautiful sound of the E 6 chord!
Notes in the E 6 chord:
EG#BC#
How to create the Major Sixth chord:
Guitar Patterns for the E Major Sixth chord
Chord boxes are sorted from the easiest to the hardest. Learn how to read chord diagrams.
If you have difficulties with bar chord shapes, check the Bar Chords Tips tutorial.
You can also use this accessible chords page with written diagrams instruction.
Position 1
Open
Position 2
Movable
Position 3
Movable
Position 4
Movable
Position 5
Open
Position 6
Open
Position 7
BarreMovable
Position 8
BarreOpen
Position 9
BarreMovable
You can find more shapes in our all guitar chords online library. If you prefer a printable pdf, download
the Free Guitar Chords Chart Pdf
Play This Chord With Other Roots
C 6 | D 6 | E 6 | F 6 | G 6 | A 6 | B 6 | C#6 | D#6 | F#6 | G#6 | A#6 | Ab6 | Bb6 | Db6 | Eb6 | Gb6
Complete Fretboard Map of E 6 chord tones
You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below. Some shapes will sound good, some less, let your ears decide!