OK, you Rockabilly Cats - Formula for 6th chords is 1 3 5 6, so in C major that's C E G A. Common in rockabilly, early jazz and in straight ahead jazz as a resolution from the false suspension of a Imaj7 chord at the end of a II V I progression, eg |Dmmaj7 Dm7 |G7sus4 G7 |Cmaj7 |Cmaj6 |
Here are all the open-position 6th chords I can think of -
A6: x02222
Bb6: x10333
B6: x21404
C6: x32210
D6: xx0202
Eb6: xx1013
E6: 022120
F6: 103231 (Play 6th string with thumb)
G6: 320000
What other ways of playing 6th chords using open strings can you come up with?
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