G# m6 Chord on Octave Mandolin
How to play the G# m6 chord on Octave Mandolin: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The G# m6 chord is a minor sixth chord with a bittersweet, jazzy character. It is built from the notes G#, B, D#, F. This page shows how to play G# m6 on Octave Mandolin with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 1 and spans 4 frets, with no open strings in it. G# falls on the G string. It sounds from G#2 up to G#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 G# 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.