Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Bø7(add2)B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd

A♯Root

Ctone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

Bø7(add2) 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 Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 5 4 4 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 9 9 8 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 9 x 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 x 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 x 13 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Bø7(add2) 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 Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 0 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 4 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 5 4 4 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 9 9 8 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 9 x 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 x 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 12 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 x 13 12 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Bø7(add2) sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

anxiousfragile

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C · C♯ · E · G♯

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

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