Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Bo♭9B Diminished minor ninth

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 1 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

How to play it

Bo♭9 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), 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 minor ninth guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 12 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 20th position (21 20 20 22 20) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

Bo♭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 Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 10 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 12 12 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 20th position (21 20 20 22 20) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How Bo♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 1

Same notes asBø♭9 Bø7♭9

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