Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

BM7♭13B Major 7th Flat 13th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

BM7♭13 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 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 3 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 x 8 8 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 8 8 8 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 9 8 8 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (9 10 8 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 8 8 8 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (9 10 8 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

BM7♭13 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 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 3 4 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 3 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 x 8 8 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 8 8 8 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 9 8 8 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (9 10 8 8 7 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 8 8 8 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (9 10 8 8 7 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How BM7♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · F♯

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

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