Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B7(add4)B Dominant 7th Added 4th

A♯Root

Dtone

D♯tone

Ftone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

B7(add4) 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 Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — Open (x 4 4 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 11 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 11 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 9 10 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 9 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 x 11 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

B7(add4) 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 7th Added 4th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — Open (x 4 4 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 4 6 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 11 9 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 11 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 9 10 9 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 9 10 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 x 11 12 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How B7(add4) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

crowdedbluesy

Genres

blues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · D♯ · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 3 · ♭5 · 6

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