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

B°(add9)B Diminished Added 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Ctone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · C

How to play it

B°(add9) 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 Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x 10 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

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

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

Read it as tab

B°(add9) 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 Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x 10 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

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

B Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 11 11 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How B°(add9) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eeriefragile

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭2

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