Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Bø7♯13B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

Bø7♯13 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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 10 9 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 10 12 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 10 x 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 10 12 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 10 12 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Bø7♯13 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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 10 9 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 10 12 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 10 x 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 10 12 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 10 12 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Bø7♯13 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

shadowyanxious

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · G♯

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

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