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

Bo7♯9B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

C♯tone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 2 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G · C♯

How to play it

Bo7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 x 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 4 2 4 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 4 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 x 4 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

Bo7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 2 x 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 2 1 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 2 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 x 2 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 4 2 4 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 4 2 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 x 4 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 5 4 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How Bo7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdark

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G · C♯

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

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