(thing) by Grimace Mon Jan 15 2001 at 9:47:19
A major sixth is the chord you get when you take a major triad and add the sixth note of the major scale. They're notated C6.

For example, an F major triad is F A C. The sixth note of the F major scale is D, so the F6 chord consists of F A C D.

Compare with the minor sixth: the only difference is the underlying triad.

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