Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Bø7♭9B Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

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

How to play it

Bø7♭9 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 0 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 3 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

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

B Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 3 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How Bø7♭9 sounds

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Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

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

Same notes asBø♭9 Bo♭9

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