Chords for Why is G6 the BEST Ukulele Chord? - James Hill Ukulele Tutorial
Tempo:
104.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
A#
F#
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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If I had to choose my favorite ukulele chord, it would be G6.
Hands down, no contest, [C] I don't even have to think twice.
G6 is by far the greatest ukulele chord of all time, and in this tutorial I'm going to show you why.
[Am]
[G] Okay, so why is G6 so great?
What's with all the fuss?
Why am I so in love with the G6 chord?
For many reasons.
Number one, it's easy to play.
So if you don't know this already, take two fingers, like a peace sign, and put them down, both in the second fret.
Your middle finger is on the first string, and your index finger, or your pointer finger, is on the third string.
That's it.
Now just strum the chord.
That's the sound of G6.
Isn't that a beautiful sound?
It sounds like Hawaiian music, it sounds like jazz.
It's an evocative, beautiful, relaxing sound.
And right there we have two good reasons to love this chord.
It's easy to play, and it sounds beautiful.
Okay, but the third reason is where it really gets good.
The third reason to love G6 is that this chord has really interesting neighbors.
And what I mean by that is, as you [F] move the G6 chord around, sometimes you pull it down, push it [G] up, jump it over.
As you move this chord around, you'll find yourself playing a lot of really interesting and other beautiful sounding chords using the same chord shape.
Let me give you an example.
Let's start with G6.
Now let's pull it down one fret toward the tuners.
[C#] [A#]
There's a really [C#] beautiful chord.
It's called Bb diminished 7.
That doesn't matter.
The point is that it sounds really [A#] great, and we can play it using the same G6 chord shape.
Let's go back to [G] G6.
Let's try a different tactic now.
Let's [F#]
go across the road.
Let's jump across to the other two strings.
Same G6 chord shape, only I've bumped it over to the other two strings.
That gives me D7, which many of you will know already.
But you can see [Fm] that this chord has really interesting neighbors.
You can take the D7, move it [F] down.
[F#] You can take the D7 and run it up the stairs and back [C] down.
[F#] You can do the same thing [G] with the G6 chord.
You're starting to see what I'm talking about here.
This chord is really flexible.
Even as it moves all over the fretboard, it still sounds good.
You can't say that of every chord in the book.
In fact, just before we rolled tape on this lesson, I was just messing around with the G6 chord shape.
This two-finger chord shape.
I was just moving around through the frets, seeing how many nice sounding chords I could find with this same chord shape.
I just stumbled across this little theme.
I'm going to play you this little piece of music that I wrote using just this one shape.
I don't have a name for it yet, so I'm hoping that somebody will give it a name in the comments below this video.
This is kind of a theme song for G6.
I'll also put the notation and tablature below if you want to learn it.
Here's how it goes.
[Em]
[G]
[F#] [G]
[Em]
[C#] I'm
[F#]
[G]
just messing around here with this G6 chord shape.
Lo and behold, I'm discovering all these places on the fretboard where this chord sounds great.
I don't even know the technical name of some of these chords that I'm playing [Em] up the neck.
[G]
All I know is that they sound great.
That's three reasons why the G6 chord is my favorite chord.
The fourth and final reason is that at the end of the day, this chord is not just the G6 chord.
In fact, this chord has four different names.
This is something that's hard to explain and certainly beyond the scope of a short lesson like this.
Sometimes you'll find, and you've probably found this already, that some of your chords will come back with different names.
The same chord shape will come back with a different name in a different context.
G6 is the king when it comes to different identities for the same chord.
G6 obviously can be called G6, but this same chord shape can also be called E minor 7.
Sometimes it will appear with the name C major 9.
That's 3.
And 4, sometimes it will appear with the name A9sus4.
That's not very common, but it will appear sometimes as A9sus4.
Now, what it is at any given moment in time [Em] depends on the context.
What chord comes before it, what chord comes after it, what the bass player is playing.
A lot of things influence how the ear will interpret these four notes.
But isn't that a great deal?
Everybody likes a good deal.
2 for 1, 3 for 1.
This is a 4 for 1 deal.
You put your fingers down on these two notes and you get G6, E minor 7, C major 9, and A9sus4 out of this deal.
I just don't think you [Cm] can go wrong with a chord like this.
So there you have it.
4 great reasons why G6 is the best chord in the universe.
It's easy to play, it sounds beautiful, it's got great neighbors, and it actually has 4 different identities depending on the context.
Don't forget [Dm] to [F] tune in to the lessons that [A#] I'm giving [F] at theukuleleway [G].com
where I'm teaching [F] the art and [A#] science [F] of solo ukulele.
How [G] to play melody, [C] harmony, and rhythm [F] at the same [C] time.
Check out [B] some of my other [G] free videos [F] on YouTube.
Until the [A#] next time, [F] keep
Hands down, no contest, [C] I don't even have to think twice.
G6 is by far the greatest ukulele chord of all time, and in this tutorial I'm going to show you why.
[Am]
[G] Okay, so why is G6 so great?
What's with all the fuss?
Why am I so in love with the G6 chord?
For many reasons.
Number one, it's easy to play.
So if you don't know this already, take two fingers, like a peace sign, and put them down, both in the second fret.
Your middle finger is on the first string, and your index finger, or your pointer finger, is on the third string.
That's it.
Now just strum the chord.
That's the sound of G6.
Isn't that a beautiful sound?
It sounds like Hawaiian music, it sounds like jazz.
It's an evocative, beautiful, relaxing sound.
And right there we have two good reasons to love this chord.
It's easy to play, and it sounds beautiful.
Okay, but the third reason is where it really gets good.
The third reason to love G6 is that this chord has really interesting neighbors.
And what I mean by that is, as you [F] move the G6 chord around, sometimes you pull it down, push it [G] up, jump it over.
As you move this chord around, you'll find yourself playing a lot of really interesting and other beautiful sounding chords using the same chord shape.
Let me give you an example.
Let's start with G6.
Now let's pull it down one fret toward the tuners.
[C#] [A#]
There's a really [C#] beautiful chord.
It's called Bb diminished 7.
That doesn't matter.
The point is that it sounds really [A#] great, and we can play it using the same G6 chord shape.
Let's go back to [G] G6.
Let's try a different tactic now.
Let's [F#]
go across the road.
Let's jump across to the other two strings.
Same G6 chord shape, only I've bumped it over to the other two strings.
That gives me D7, which many of you will know already.
But you can see [Fm] that this chord has really interesting neighbors.
You can take the D7, move it [F] down.
[F#] You can take the D7 and run it up the stairs and back [C] down.
[F#] You can do the same thing [G] with the G6 chord.
You're starting to see what I'm talking about here.
This chord is really flexible.
Even as it moves all over the fretboard, it still sounds good.
You can't say that of every chord in the book.
In fact, just before we rolled tape on this lesson, I was just messing around with the G6 chord shape.
This two-finger chord shape.
I was just moving around through the frets, seeing how many nice sounding chords I could find with this same chord shape.
I just stumbled across this little theme.
I'm going to play you this little piece of music that I wrote using just this one shape.
I don't have a name for it yet, so I'm hoping that somebody will give it a name in the comments below this video.
This is kind of a theme song for G6.
I'll also put the notation and tablature below if you want to learn it.
Here's how it goes.
[Em]
[G]
[F#] [G]
[Em]
[C#] I'm
[F#]
[G]
just messing around here with this G6 chord shape.
Lo and behold, I'm discovering all these places on the fretboard where this chord sounds great.
I don't even know the technical name of some of these chords that I'm playing [Em] up the neck.
[G]
All I know is that they sound great.
That's three reasons why the G6 chord is my favorite chord.
The fourth and final reason is that at the end of the day, this chord is not just the G6 chord.
In fact, this chord has four different names.
This is something that's hard to explain and certainly beyond the scope of a short lesson like this.
Sometimes you'll find, and you've probably found this already, that some of your chords will come back with different names.
The same chord shape will come back with a different name in a different context.
G6 is the king when it comes to different identities for the same chord.
G6 obviously can be called G6, but this same chord shape can also be called E minor 7.
Sometimes it will appear with the name C major 9.
That's 3.
And 4, sometimes it will appear with the name A9sus4.
That's not very common, but it will appear sometimes as A9sus4.
Now, what it is at any given moment in time [Em] depends on the context.
What chord comes before it, what chord comes after it, what the bass player is playing.
A lot of things influence how the ear will interpret these four notes.
But isn't that a great deal?
Everybody likes a good deal.
2 for 1, 3 for 1.
This is a 4 for 1 deal.
You put your fingers down on these two notes and you get G6, E minor 7, C major 9, and A9sus4 out of this deal.
I just don't think you [Cm] can go wrong with a chord like this.
So there you have it.
4 great reasons why G6 is the best chord in the universe.
It's easy to play, it sounds beautiful, it's got great neighbors, and it actually has 4 different identities depending on the context.
Don't forget [Dm] to [F] tune in to the lessons that [A#] I'm giving [F] at theukuleleway [G].com
where I'm teaching [F] the art and [A#] science [F] of solo ukulele.
How [G] to play melody, [C] harmony, and rhythm [F] at the same [C] time.
Check out [B] some of my other [G] free videos [F] on YouTube.
Until the [A#] next time, [F] keep
Key:
G
F
A#
F#
C
G
F
A#
If I had to choose my favorite ukulele chord, it would be G6.
_ Hands down, no contest, [C] I don't even have to think twice.
G6 is by far the greatest ukulele chord of all time, and in this tutorial I'm going to show you why.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Okay, so why is G6 so great?
What's with all the fuss?
Why am I so in love with the G6 chord?
For many reasons.
Number one, it's easy to play.
So if you don't know this already, take two fingers, like a peace sign, and put them down, both in the second fret.
Your middle finger is on the first string, and your index finger, or your pointer finger, is on the third string.
That's it.
Now just strum the chord.
_ That's the sound of G6. _ _
_ _ Isn't that a beautiful sound?
It sounds like _ _ Hawaiian music, it sounds like jazz.
It's an evocative, beautiful, relaxing sound.
And right there we have two good reasons to love this chord.
It's easy to play, and it sounds beautiful.
Okay, but the third reason is where it really gets good.
The third reason to love G6 is that this chord has really interesting neighbors.
And what I mean by that is, as you [F] move the G6 chord around, sometimes you pull it down, push it [G] up, jump it over.
As you move this chord around, you'll find yourself playing a lot of really interesting and other beautiful sounding chords using the same chord shape.
Let me give you an example.
Let's start with G6.
_ _ _ Now let's pull it down one fret toward the tuners.
[C#] _ _ [A#] _ _
There's a really [C#] beautiful chord.
It's called Bb diminished 7.
That doesn't matter.
The point is that it sounds really [A#] great, and we can play it using the same G6 chord shape.
Let's go back to [G] G6.
Let's try a different tactic now.
Let's [F#]
go across the road.
Let's jump across to the other two strings. _
_ _ _ Same G6 chord shape, only I've bumped it over to the other two strings.
That gives me D7, which many of you will know already.
But you can see [Fm] that this chord has really interesting neighbors.
You can take the D7, move it [F] down.
[F#] _ _ You can take the D7 and run it up the stairs and back [C] down.
_ _ [F#] _ _ You can do the same thing [G] with the G6 chord. _ _ _ _ _
_ You're starting to see what I'm talking about here.
This chord is really flexible.
Even as it moves all over the fretboard, it still sounds good.
You can't say that of every chord in the book.
In fact, just before we rolled tape on this lesson, I was just messing around with the G6 chord shape.
This two-finger chord shape.
I was just moving around through the frets, seeing _ how many nice sounding chords I could find with this same chord shape.
I just stumbled across this little theme.
I'm going to play you this little piece of music that I wrote using just this one shape.
I don't have a name for it yet, so I'm hoping that somebody will give it a name in the comments below this video.
This is kind of a theme song for G6.
I'll also put the notation and tablature below if you want to learn it.
Here's how it goes.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] I'm _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
just messing around here with this G6 chord shape.
Lo and behold, I'm discovering all these places on the fretboard where this chord sounds great.
I don't even know the technical name of some of these chords that I'm playing [Em] up the neck.
_ _ _ [G] _
All I know is that they sound great.
That's three reasons why the G6 chord is my favorite chord.
The fourth and final reason is that at the end of the day, this chord is not just the G6 chord.
In fact, this chord has four different names.
_ This is something that's hard to explain and certainly beyond the scope of a short lesson like this.
Sometimes you'll find, and you've probably found this already, that some of your chords will come back with different names.
The same chord shape will come back with a different name in a different context.
_ G6 is the king when it comes to _ different identities for the same chord. _
G6 obviously can be called G6, but this same chord shape can also be called E minor 7. _ _
Sometimes it will appear with the name C major 9.
_ _ That's 3.
And 4, sometimes it will appear with the name _ _ A9sus4.
That's not very common, but it will appear sometimes as A9sus4.
_ _ Now, _ what it is at any given moment in time [Em] depends on the context.
What chord comes before it, what chord comes after it, what the bass player is playing.
A lot of things influence how the ear will interpret these four notes.
But isn't that a great deal?
Everybody likes a good deal.
2 for 1, 3 for 1.
This is a 4 for 1 deal.
You put your fingers down on these two notes and you get G6, E minor 7, C major 9, and _ A9sus4 out of this deal.
I just don't think you [Cm] can go wrong with a chord like this.
_ So there you have it.
4 great reasons why G6 is the best chord in the universe.
_ It's easy to play, it sounds beautiful, it's got great neighbors, and it actually has 4 different identities depending on the context.
Don't forget [Dm] to [F] tune in to the lessons that [A#] I'm giving [F] at theukuleleway [G].com
where I'm teaching [F] the art and [A#] science [F] of solo ukulele.
How [G] to play melody, [C] harmony, and rhythm [F] at the same [C] time.
Check out [B] some of my other [G] free videos [F] on YouTube.
Until the [A#] next time, [F] keep
_ Hands down, no contest, [C] I don't even have to think twice.
G6 is by far the greatest ukulele chord of all time, and in this tutorial I'm going to show you why.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Okay, so why is G6 so great?
What's with all the fuss?
Why am I so in love with the G6 chord?
For many reasons.
Number one, it's easy to play.
So if you don't know this already, take two fingers, like a peace sign, and put them down, both in the second fret.
Your middle finger is on the first string, and your index finger, or your pointer finger, is on the third string.
That's it.
Now just strum the chord.
_ That's the sound of G6. _ _
_ _ Isn't that a beautiful sound?
It sounds like _ _ Hawaiian music, it sounds like jazz.
It's an evocative, beautiful, relaxing sound.
And right there we have two good reasons to love this chord.
It's easy to play, and it sounds beautiful.
Okay, but the third reason is where it really gets good.
The third reason to love G6 is that this chord has really interesting neighbors.
And what I mean by that is, as you [F] move the G6 chord around, sometimes you pull it down, push it [G] up, jump it over.
As you move this chord around, you'll find yourself playing a lot of really interesting and other beautiful sounding chords using the same chord shape.
Let me give you an example.
Let's start with G6.
_ _ _ Now let's pull it down one fret toward the tuners.
[C#] _ _ [A#] _ _
There's a really [C#] beautiful chord.
It's called Bb diminished 7.
That doesn't matter.
The point is that it sounds really [A#] great, and we can play it using the same G6 chord shape.
Let's go back to [G] G6.
Let's try a different tactic now.
Let's [F#]
go across the road.
Let's jump across to the other two strings. _
_ _ _ Same G6 chord shape, only I've bumped it over to the other two strings.
That gives me D7, which many of you will know already.
But you can see [Fm] that this chord has really interesting neighbors.
You can take the D7, move it [F] down.
[F#] _ _ You can take the D7 and run it up the stairs and back [C] down.
_ _ [F#] _ _ You can do the same thing [G] with the G6 chord. _ _ _ _ _
_ You're starting to see what I'm talking about here.
This chord is really flexible.
Even as it moves all over the fretboard, it still sounds good.
You can't say that of every chord in the book.
In fact, just before we rolled tape on this lesson, I was just messing around with the G6 chord shape.
This two-finger chord shape.
I was just moving around through the frets, seeing _ how many nice sounding chords I could find with this same chord shape.
I just stumbled across this little theme.
I'm going to play you this little piece of music that I wrote using just this one shape.
I don't have a name for it yet, so I'm hoping that somebody will give it a name in the comments below this video.
This is kind of a theme song for G6.
I'll also put the notation and tablature below if you want to learn it.
Here's how it goes.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] I'm _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
just messing around here with this G6 chord shape.
Lo and behold, I'm discovering all these places on the fretboard where this chord sounds great.
I don't even know the technical name of some of these chords that I'm playing [Em] up the neck.
_ _ _ [G] _
All I know is that they sound great.
That's three reasons why the G6 chord is my favorite chord.
The fourth and final reason is that at the end of the day, this chord is not just the G6 chord.
In fact, this chord has four different names.
_ This is something that's hard to explain and certainly beyond the scope of a short lesson like this.
Sometimes you'll find, and you've probably found this already, that some of your chords will come back with different names.
The same chord shape will come back with a different name in a different context.
_ G6 is the king when it comes to _ different identities for the same chord. _
G6 obviously can be called G6, but this same chord shape can also be called E minor 7. _ _
Sometimes it will appear with the name C major 9.
_ _ That's 3.
And 4, sometimes it will appear with the name _ _ A9sus4.
That's not very common, but it will appear sometimes as A9sus4.
_ _ Now, _ what it is at any given moment in time [Em] depends on the context.
What chord comes before it, what chord comes after it, what the bass player is playing.
A lot of things influence how the ear will interpret these four notes.
But isn't that a great deal?
Everybody likes a good deal.
2 for 1, 3 for 1.
This is a 4 for 1 deal.
You put your fingers down on these two notes and you get G6, E minor 7, C major 9, and _ A9sus4 out of this deal.
I just don't think you [Cm] can go wrong with a chord like this.
_ So there you have it.
4 great reasons why G6 is the best chord in the universe.
_ It's easy to play, it sounds beautiful, it's got great neighbors, and it actually has 4 different identities depending on the context.
Don't forget [Dm] to [F] tune in to the lessons that [A#] I'm giving [F] at theukuleleway [G].com
where I'm teaching [F] the art and [A#] science [F] of solo ukulele.
How [G] to play melody, [C] harmony, and rhythm [F] at the same [C] time.
Check out [B] some of my other [G] free videos [F] on YouTube.
Until the [A#] next time, [F] keep