Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Bo11♯9B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

C♯tone

D♯tone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 2 · 3 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G · C♯ · D♯

How to play it

Bo11♯9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3, 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 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 6 5 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 x 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 8 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 13 12 14 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Bo11♯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 Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 0 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 6 5 6 5 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 x 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 8 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 13 12 14 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Bo11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdense

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G · C♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 2 · 3

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