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

B°(add9)B Diminished Added 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Ctone

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

How to play it

B°(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 0 x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 0 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 x 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 x 7 7 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 x 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 x x 8 7 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (x x 10 8 7 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

B°(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x 3 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 0 x 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 0 5 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 x 8 7 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 x 7 7 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 x 7 7 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 x x 8 7 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (x x 10 8 7 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How B°(add9) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eeriefragile

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭2

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