Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Bø9(add11)B Half-Diminished 9th Added 11th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

Bø9(add11) 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 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 6th position (9 7 7 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 18th position (21 19 19 19 18 21) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

Bø9(add11) 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 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 6th position (9 7 7 7 6 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 18th position (21 19 19 19 18 21) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How Bø9(add11) sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · C · D♯

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

Same notes asBø11 Bm11♭5

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