Four String Bass · Standard Tuning (EADG)

Bm♭5B Minor Flat 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E

How to play it

Bm♭5 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 Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 x 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 9 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 19th position (19 20 x 19) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 19th position (19 20 21 19) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

Read it as tab

Bm♭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 Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 x 7) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 9 7) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 19th position (19 20 x 19) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 19th position (19 20 21 19) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

Sound

How Bm♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asB°

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