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

B+M9B Augmented-major 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

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

How to play it

B+M9 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-major 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 8 6 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 8 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 8 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 9 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

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

B Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 10 8 8 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 10 8 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

B+M9 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-major 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 6 8 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 8 6 8 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 8 6 8 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 8 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 9 6 8 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

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

B Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 10 8 8 x 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

B Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 10 8 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Sound

How B+M9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · A · C

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

Same notes asBM9♯5 B+M7(add9)

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