Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Bo♭9♯5B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 1 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G♯ · B

How to play it

Bo♭9♯5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 7 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 10 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (21 20 19 19 20 20) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 21st position (21 22 22 22 22 22) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

Bo♭9♯5 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 minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 7 8 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 10 10 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (21 20 19 19 20 20) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 21st position (21 22 22 22 22 22) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How Bo♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 1

Same notes asBø♭9♯5

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