Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

BM6(add2)B Major 6th Added 2nd

A♯Root
Ctone
Dtone
Ftone
Gtone

Formula 7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6  ·  Notes A♯ · C · D · F · G

How to play it

BM6(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 Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 x 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 8 10 x 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 8 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 8 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 x 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

BM6(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 Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 x 9 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 8 9 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 8 10 x 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 8 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 8 9 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 8 10 11 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
B Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 x 10 11 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How BM6(add2) sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C · D · F · G
Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6
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