Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

Bm♭9B Minor Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

Btone

Formula 7 · 2 · ♭5 · 1 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · 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 Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 7 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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

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

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

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

B Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 x 10 12) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 x 12 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 12 12 10) 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 Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 7 x 10) in Open G (gDGBD)

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

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

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

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

B Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 x 10 12) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 x 12 10) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 12 12 10) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How Bm♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · ♭5 · 1

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