Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B+♭5B Augmented Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

B+♭5 fingering positions

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

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 0 x 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 0 6 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 x 0 6 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 7 0 6 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 5 x 6 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

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

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

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

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 0 x 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 0 6 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 x 0 6 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 7 0 6 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 5 x 6 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How B+♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 4 · 5

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