Sixth

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In music, see the intervals:

The submediant, and the chord built on the submediant, is often simply called the sixth as it is the sixth scale degree.

The note of a chord forming the interval of a sixth with the chord's root, such as in the chords G6 or G6 added 9, is known as the sixth of the chord.

Chords

By Type Triads Major · Minor · Augmented · Diminished

Sevenths Major · Minor · Dominant · Diminished · Half-diminished · Minor-Major · Augmented major · Augmented minor

Extended Ninth · Eleventh · Thirteenth

Other Sixth · Augmented sixth · Suspended · Altered · Added tone · Polychord · Quartal and quintal · Tone cluster

By Function Diatonic Tonic · Dominant · Subdominant · Submediant

Altered   Borrowed · Neopolitan sixth · Secondary dominant · Secondary subdominant