Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B+7♭5B Augmented 7th Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · Notes A♯ · D · E · F♯ · G♯

How to play it

B+7♭5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2, 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 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 0 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 8 8 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 x 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 9 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 15 14 16 15) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

B+7♭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 Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 0 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 4 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 8 8 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 8 8 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 x 10 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 9 10 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 15 14 16 15) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Sound

How B+7♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · F♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 4 · 5 · 6

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