Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG)

BM7♭5B Major 7th Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

Atone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭7 · Notes A♯ · D · E · A

How to play it

BM7♭5 fingering positions

Drop D (DADG), 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 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 20th position (21 20 20 20) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

Read it as tab

BM7♭5 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 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 8) in Drop D (DADG)

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 20th position (21 20 20 20) in Drop D (DADG)

Sound

How BM7♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · A

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭7

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