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

BM7♯9B Major 7th Sharp 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

BM7♯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 Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

BM7♯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 Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 2 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How BM7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

mysticclashing

Genres

jazzexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · C♯

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

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