Four String Bass · Standard Tuning (EADG)

Bo7B Diminished 7th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G

How to play it

Bo7 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADG), 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 7th guitar chord — 6th position (7 8 6 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

B Diminished 7th guitar chord — 18th position (19 20 18 19) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

Read it as tab

Bo7 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 7th guitar tab — 6th position (7 8 6 7) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

B Diminished 7th guitar tab — 18th position (19 20 18 19) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

Sound

How Bo7 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dramaticominoussuspenseful

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6

Same notes asBm6♭5

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