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

Bo11♭9B Diminished 11th Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · 3 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G · B · D♯

How to play it

Bo11♭9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 7 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 11 11 10 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 19th position (20 20 19 20 19 21) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

Bo11♭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 Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 7 8 7 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 11 11 10 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 19th position (20 20 19 20 19 21) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How Bo11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

menacinghollow

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · 3

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