Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B+♯9B Augmented Sharp 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 5 · 2 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · C♯

How to play it

B+♯9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

B Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 x 11 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 x 12 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

B+♯9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

B Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 x 11 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 x 12 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 11 11 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 11 12 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How B+♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

stridentunstable

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5 · 2

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