Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B+9B Augmented 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Ctone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · G♯ · C

How to play it

B+9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1, 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 Augmented 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 x 8 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 12 13 13 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar chord — 14th position (x 15 14 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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 Augmented 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 3 3 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 7 9 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 x 8 9 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 12 13 13 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

B Augmented 9th guitar tab — 14th position (x 15 14 15 15 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How B+9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgycolorfulunstable

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2

Same notes asB+7(add9)B9♯5

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