Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Bø7B Half-Diminished 7th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

Bø7 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 guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

B Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 x 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

B Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

Read it as tab

Bø7 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 guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

B Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 x 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

B Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

Sound

How Bø7 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

melancholyanxiousyearning

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · 6

Same notes asBm7♭5

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