C 6 Chord on Guitalele

Play C 6 on Guitalele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The C 6 chord is a sixth chord that adds a major sixth for a sweet, vintage flavor. It is built from the notes C, E, G, A. This page shows how to play C 6 on Guitalele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The shape nearest the nut leaves the G, C, E and A strings open and takes the rest at fret 2, reaching across 2 frets. C falls on the A string. It sounds from C3 up to A4.

Guitalele is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on guitalele — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on C or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.