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

BM6(add9)B Major 6th Added 9th

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Dtone

Ftone

Gtone

Ctone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · D · F · G · C

How to play it

BM6(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 Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 0 2 5 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 3 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 2 3 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 x 5 7 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 5 x 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 5 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

BM6(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 Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 0 2 5 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 3 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 2 3 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 3 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 x 5 7 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 5 x 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 5 5 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How BM6(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmsmoothoptimistic

Genres

jazzpopbossa nova

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭2

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