Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

BM11♭9B Major 11th Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 1 · 3 · Notes A♯ · D · F · A · B · D♯

How to play it

BM11♭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 Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 8 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

B Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 19th position (21 19 20 20 19 20) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

BM11♭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 Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 8 8 7 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

B Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 19th position (21 19 20 20 19 20) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How BM11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 1 · 3

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