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

BM7♭9B Major 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

Btone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 1 · Notes A♯ · D · F · A · B

How to play it

BM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 4 2 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 6 0 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

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

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

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

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (x 15 14 16 14 15) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

BM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 4 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 6 0 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

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

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

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

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (x 15 14 16 14 15) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How BM7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dissonanteerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 1

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