G#6 chord
G#6 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.
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G#6 is equivalent to A flat 6th. It's usually played as a movable shape.
Shown in the Fingerings diagram is a movable shape (F6-shape) played on the four highest strings with four fingers.
As shown in Notes diagram, the chord contains three distinct notes with root (G#) doubling and the 5th (D#) omitted.
Notice that the diagram starts at the 4th fret rather than the 1st fret, with the root on the 6th fret.
Short notation: XX6564.
Chord structure
The chord consists of four notes. The notes represent the root, major third, perfect fifth and major sixth. Notice that the fifth is sometimes omitted.
Chord name
G#6 is an abbreviation for G sharp sixth. A less common abbreviation is G#add6 (added 6th).
Notes
The notes that the G#6 chord consists of are G#, C, D# and F.
Chord progressions
G#6 - A#7 - D#maj7
Inversions
1st inversion: G#6/C (means that C is the bass note).
2nd inversion: G#6/D# (means that D# is the bass note).
3rd inversion: G#6/F (means that F is the bass note).
Omissions
G#6(no5) is an G# 6th with no fifth (D#).
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