Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B°♭9B Diminished Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Btone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · 1 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · B

How to play it

B°♭9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2, 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 Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 3 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x x 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 x 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 7 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x x 7 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 x 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 8 5 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 8 x x 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

B°♭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 Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 3 1 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x x 5 4 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 x 5 4 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 7 5 4 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x x 7 5 4 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 x 5 x 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 8 5 x x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

B Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 8 x x 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How B°♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sinistergrating

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · 1

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