Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Bm♯9B Minor Sharp 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

Bm♯9 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 Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 3rd (x 4 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (11 11 12 12 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (x 16 15 16 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 7 0 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 x 9 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 x 12 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 12 9 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 12 12 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Bm♯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 Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 3rd (x 4 3 4 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (11 11 12 12 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (x 16 15 16 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 7 0 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 x 9 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 x 12 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 12 9 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 12 12 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Bm♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · ♭5 · 2

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