Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

BM6♭9B Major 6th Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Gtone

Btone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1 · Notes A♯ · D · F · G · B

How to play it

BM6♭9 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 0 3 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 x 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 8 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 8 10 11 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 x 10 11 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 12 10 11 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

BM6♭9 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 Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 0 3 6 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 3 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 7 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 x 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 8 10 x 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 8 10 11 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 x 10 11 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 12 10 11 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How BM6♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashinguneasy

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1

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