Chord Theory


Been through major, power, minor and sevenths? To form a sixth chord, you take a major chord and add the sixth note of the scale. The sixths sound particularly pleasant and make a nice change from majors. Example: This is the scale of G again


1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

G

A

B

C

D

E

F#

G


The sixth note is an E and adding this to G major would give a G6. There's a full List of sixths for you to try, or you could go on to Seventh Chords