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

B9♯5B Dominant 9th Sharp 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

B9♯5 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 Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (8 x 6 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 10 11 11 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 12 13 13 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

B9♯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 Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5 7 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (8 x 6 7 7 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 10 11 11 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

B Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 12 13 13 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How B9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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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+9 B+7(add9)

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