Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

BM9♭13B Major 9th Flat 13th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

Ctone

F♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 5 · Notes A♯ · D · F · A · C · F♯

How to play it

BM9♭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 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 11 11 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 11 12 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 20th position (21 21 20 20 20 21) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

BM9♭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 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 8 8 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 11 11 11 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 11 12 11 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 20th position (21 21 20 20 20 21) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How BM9♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedark

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · C · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 5

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