Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

B°♯9B Diminished Sharp 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

B°♯9 fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

B Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 12 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

B Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 15th position (x 16 15 17) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 5) in Tenor (CGDA)

B Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 12 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

B Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 15th position (x 16 15 17) in Tenor (CGDA)

Sound

How B°♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · 2

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