Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

BM♭9B Major Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Btone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 1 · Notes A♯ · D · F · B

How to play it

BM♭9 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), 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 Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 13 13 16) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 13 16 13) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 19th position (21 20 19 x 22) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 19th position (21 20 19 22 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 19th position (21 20 19 22 21) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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 Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 x 10) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 10 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 10 9) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 13 13 16) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 13 16 13) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 19th position (21 20 19 x 22) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 19th position (21 20 19 22 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 19th position (21 20 19 22 21) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How BM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingexotic

Genres

jazzexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 1

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