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Reqaudio

What audio file should be included to improve this article's quality? What example should be given? Hyacinth (talk) 19:22, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind. Hyacinth (talk) 01:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There should be some examples. A little musical notation to see a few examples of the more common 6th chords would be tres cool. Gingermint (talk) 02:24, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some musical examples would be of immense help. Gingermint (talk) 02:24, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sixth inversion?

Shouldn't half of this article be about a sixth chord as an inversion? In classical musice, a sixth chord is a chord in it's first inversion. Meaning instead of the root being the lowest note of the chord, the minor or major third of the chord is the root. This makes the article sort of misleading for classical students. (talk) 10:30, 26 November 2008 (AEST) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.175.44.113 (talk)

Perhaps you mean "six chord" rather than "sixth chord"? Hyacinth (talk)

Non-standard?

"This use of "sixth chord" to mean "added sixth chord" should not be labeled "non-standard" since it's that only in the eyes of classical music theory, but it's the standard term in popular music."

I removed the above hidden comment from the article so it could be addressed and addressed here. Hyacinth (talk) 12:36, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A Common Sixth Chord - what is it?

Consider the sixth chord, starting from the bottom note and going up:

D, F, A, B

In this case its a D minor triad with a tone added to the top note, and is the simplest example because it happens to be the only one without any sharps or flats in it.

In a different key, it's

G#, B, D#, F (or E# if you like)

Swap the top and bottom notes (forget about inversions and roots) and lo and behold it's our old friend the Tristan chord:

F, B, D#, G#

The chord with the sound D F A B is popular and used in various keys & inversions, e.g. by Elgar and Richard Strauss. But it needed a laboured search through Wikipedia to find it hidden as the Tristan chord. It ain't that special - the TC is just a mixture of its components. So where is it hidden, please? Or is it a sixth chord worthy of mention here in this article? P0mbal (talk) 21:05, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What? Hyacinth (talk) 04:22, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for looking Hyacinth, but a single-word comment is puzzling. If you are puzzled too, play the chords on your piano. P0mbal (talk) 12:08, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you're saying it's not mentioned in this article you simply missed it, the "minor sixth chord" (though the chord is minor, not the sixth).

C E♭ G A transposed up a whole step = D F A B.

"What" is "often used to ask for repetition of an utterance or part of an utterance not properly heard or understood" (www.m-w.com). Hyacinth (talk) 12:26, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What is it?, to hear it, just listen to any one of approx 90% of Status Quos back catalogue, the boogie rhythm guitar. sometimes with a flat 7th in there (root 6th 7th 6th, instead of root 6 alternating.). Or any of the sixties british invasion r&b/pop bands, further back..Chuck Berry, or the vast majority of any 12 bar blues songs, going right back to original delta blues. Its safe to say, without the 6th, rock and roll would have evolved very differently. (Not add 6, just a 6....12 bar usually has just 1-6-8 played on the bottom three strings(alternating with 1-5-8 root chord) Should this be mentioned in the article?, or more suitable elsewhere?..thanks. 86.159.28.47 (talk) 21:12, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

broken audio link

2nd link —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.108.141 (talk) 10:15, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

F9

In the article, shouldn't E-flat and C be transposed in the following sentence: "Note that Cm6 has the same notes as F9 with the root omitted, i.e. the notes F (omitted), A, E♭, C, and G. " 72.130.181.15 (talk) 23:51, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bears repeating

It seems that the few times folks do drop by here, it's to treat this as a forum for discussion of its parent article's subject. I would like to remind everyone that if you cannot tie it into improving the article in any way, a discussion should not be had here. Please find a forum outside of Wikipedia to discuss the topic itself; I have just removed a series of posts that had nothing whatsoever to do with actually making the article any better. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 01:38, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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