Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

BM♯13B Major Sharp 13th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

BM♯13 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 Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (x 4 6 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (11 11 11 13 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (x 16 18 16 18 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

BM♯13 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 Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (x 4 6 4 6 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 12 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (11 11 11 13 12 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (x 16 18 16 18 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How BM♯13 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyunresolved

Genres

bluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G♯

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

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