Banjo B♭6 chord (Sawmill)B♭ sixth on the 5-string banjo: 3 3 2 3, and 6 more shapes

Bb6 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 3 3 2 3, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Bb6 (Bb sixth) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 3 3 2 3, string 4 to string 1 (5th string completes it). Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 3 3 2 3 (first position) · 5th string completes it

  1. String 4 (D): 3rd fret, middle finger, F
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, ring finger, B♭
  3. String 2 (C): 2nd fret, index finger, D
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, little finger, F
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: F B♭ D F  ·  B♭6 is B♭, D, F, G (1 · 3 · 5 · 6)

The 5th string: the short g is the 6th of B♭6, so let it ring.

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More B♭6 shapes

  1. 213gDB♭DF0 3 2 3
    open · 5th string completes it
  2. 231gFB♭DD3 3 2 0
    open · 5th string completes it
  3. 21gDB♭DD0 3 2 0
    open · no 5th, 5th string completes it
  4. 5fr4311gB♭DFG8 7 5 5
    5fr
  5. 7fr241gB♭FGD8 10 7 0
    7fr
  6. 14fr2314gFB♭DF15 15 14 15
    14fr · 5th string completes it

Other B♭ chords in Sawmill

B♭B♭mB♭7B♭m7B♭maj7B♭6B♭sus4B♭sus2B♭dimB♭aug

Other sixth chords

G6A6D6C6B6E6F6B♭6

B♭6 in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

All Sawmill banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app