Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B9♭5B Dominant 9th Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 4 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · D · E · G♯ · C

How to play it

B9♭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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 11 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 11 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x 14 13 14 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (21 18 19 18 18 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

B9♭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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 2 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 11 8 10 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 11 10 10 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x 14 13 14 14 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (21 18 19 18 18 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How B9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

slinkyhazy

Genres

jazzfunk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 4 · 6 · ♭2

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