Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Bø11B Half-Diminished 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

Bø11 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3, 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 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 6 0 5 0 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 0 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 5 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th guitar chord — 16th position (17 17 17 17 16 19) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Bø11 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 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 6 0 5 0 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 0 4 4 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 5 5 4 7) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th guitar tab — 16th position (17 17 17 17 16 19) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How Bø11 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkyunresolved

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · C · D♯

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

Same notes asBm11♭5 Bø9(add11)

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