Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B+7B Augmented 7th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

B+7 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1, 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 Augmented 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 x 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 x 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 1 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

B+7 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 Augmented 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 x 1 3 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 3 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 x 3 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 1 3 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 1 3 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 1 3 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 3 3 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Sound

How B+7 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

restlessbluesyunstable

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6

Same notes asB7♯5

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