Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Bo9B Diminished ninth

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Ctone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G · C

How to play it

Bo9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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 ninth guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 12 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Bo9 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 ninth guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 12 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Bo9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭2

Same notes asBo7(add9)

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