Em6 chord on Irish Bouzouki

in GDAD tuning

○121GEC#E
Em6
Minor 6
Notes:E · G · B · C#
mediumbarre on fret 2
Piano Left hand Right hand
EEEGBC#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
0 2 4 2– 1 2 1G E C# Emedium · barre on fret 2
x 2 4 5– 1 2 3x E C# Gmedium
6 5 7 52 1 3 1C# G E Gmedium · barre on fret 5
0 9 7 11– 2 1 3G B E C#hard
9 11 10 91 3 2 1E C# G Bmedium · barre on fret 9
0 2 4 x– 1 2 –G E C# xmedium
4 2 4 52 1 3 4B E C# Gmedium
6 5 7 x2 1 3 –C# G E xmedium
0 11 7 9– 3 1 2G C# E Bhard
9 9 10 111 2 3 4E B G C#medium
0 2 4 5– 1 2 3G E C# Gmedium
4 5 4 22 4 3 1B G C# Emedium
6 5 7 92 1 3 4C# G E Bhard
0 11 7 11– 2 1 3G C# E C#hard
9 11 10 111 3 2 4E C# G C#medium
0 5 4 2– 3 2 1G G C# Emedium

The Em6 chord (Minor 6) is built from the notes E, G, B, C#. Below are playable fingerings for Irish Bouzouki generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the Em6 chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 6

DegreeSemitonesNote
10E
♭33G
57B
69C#

More E chords

Other roots

See Em6 in another tuning

GDAD G-D-A-D
What notes make up the Em6 chord?

Em6 is a Minor 6 chord built from the notes E, G, B, C#.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.