A# 6 Chord on Octave Mandolin
Play A# 6 on Octave Mandolin: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A# 6 chord is a sixth chord that adds a major sixth for a sweet, vintage flavor. It is built from the notes A#, C##, E#, F##. This page shows how to play A# 6 on Octave Mandolin with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the D course open and takes the rest at fret 1, reaching across 3 frets. A# falls on the G course. It sounds from A#2 up to F##4.
Octave Mandolin is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A# 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.