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Cm6 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play C Minor Sixth (Charts)

Cm6 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as cm6 chord, cm6 guitar chord and how to play Cm6.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Cm6 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionCm6 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 5, B fret 4, high e fret 5.×××213x x x 5 4 5
Easy 3-string version
x x x 5 4 5
Cm6 chord diagram, Movable shape (1st fret)Cm6 Movable shape (1st fret): low E muted, A fret 3, D fret 1, G fret 2, B fret 1, high e muted.×4132×x 3 1 2 1 x
Movable shape (1st fret)
x 3 1 2 1 x
Cm6 chord diagram, Movable shape (1st fret)Cm6 Movable shape (1st fret): low E muted, A fret 3, D fret 1, G fret 2, B fret 4, high e muted.×3124×x 3 1 2 4 x
Movable shape (1st fret)
x 3 1 2 4 x

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Cm6 (C minor sixth) on guitar, play x x x 5 4 5 from the low E string to the high e string (the easy 3-string version shape). The chord contains C, Eb, G, A. If that is hard, use the easier shape x 3 1 2 1 x, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Cm6 chord facts

Chord Cm6 (C minor sixth)
Other names Cmin6, C-6
Notes C, Eb, G, A
Intervals C (root), Eb (minor 3rd), G (perfect 5th), A (major 6th)
Formula 1-b3-5-6
Difficulty Beginner (easy version) to intermediate (full shape)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Cm6 on guitar?

The main shape is x x x 5 4 5 (Easy 3-string version). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the B string at fret 4 (Eb, the minor 3rd).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 5 (C, the root).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the high e string at fret 5 (A, the major 6th).
  5. Don't play the low E and A and D strings: start your strum on the G string