Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

B°♭9B Diminished Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Btone

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

How to play it

B°♭9 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · 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 Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 x 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 x 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 11 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 11 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

B°♭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 Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 x 9 11) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 x 11 9) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 11 9 11) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 11 11 9) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How B°♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sinistergrating

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · 1

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