Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B7(add2)B Dominant 7th Added 2nd

A♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

Ftone

G♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes A♯ · C · D · F · G♯

How to play it

B7(add2) 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 Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (9 x 7 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 7 8 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 7 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 x 8 10 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 11 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

B7(add2) 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 Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 7 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 7 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (9 x 7 8 7 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 7 8 x 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 7 8 7 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 x 8 10 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 11 8 10 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How B7(add2) sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

colorfulbluesy

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C · D · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6

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