Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

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

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · 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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 7 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 7 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 7 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 7 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 10 11 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 10 11 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 15th position (x 16 16 18 15) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

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 — 6th position (8 7 7 6 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 7 6 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 7 6 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 7 x 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 7 8 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 10 11 11 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 10 11 11 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 15th position (x 16 16 18 15) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Bø7♯13 sounds

Consonance

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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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