Sixth

Sixth can refer to:

The ordinal form of the number six
Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
A keg of beer equal to 5 U.S. gallons or 1/6 barrel of beer.
A fraction, such as 1/6

Music

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.

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Chords

By type

Triad	Major Minor Augmented Diminished Suspended

Seventh	Major Minor Dominant Dominant seventh flat five Diminished Half-diminished Diminished major Minor-major Augmented major Augmented minor Nondominant Harmonic seventh chord

Extended	Ninth Eleventh Thirteenth Upper structure

Added / omitted	Sixth Minor sixth Augmented sixth Power chord Lydian chord Seven six chord

By function

Diatonic	Tonic Dominant Subdominant Supertonic Mediant Submediant Leading / Subtonic

Altered	Approach Borrowed Chromatic mediant Neapolitan chord Passing

Secondary	Secondary dominant Secondary leading-tone Secondary supertonic

With names

Other