Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Bø7(add9)B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

Bø7(add9) 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 Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 0 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 x 7 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 7 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 11 x 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 11 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 11 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 12 10 10 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 12 10 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

Bø7(add9) 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 Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 0 2 2 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 x 7 7 6 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 7 x 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 11 x 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 11 10 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 11 10 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 12 10 10 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 12 10 x 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How Bø7(add9) sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · C

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

Same notes asBø9 Bm9♭5

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