Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B9♭5B Dominant 9th Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

B9♭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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 10 12 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (11 x 13 12 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 16 15 16 16 15) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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 Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 0 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 4 4 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 8 8 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 8 8 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 10 12 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (11 x 13 12 12 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 16 15 16 16 15) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How B9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

slinkyhazy

Genres

jazzfunk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · G♯ · C

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

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