Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Bo7♯5B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

F♯tone

Gtone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · 5 · ♭6 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G

How to play it

Bo7♯5 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2, 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 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 3 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 8 8 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 8 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 5 8 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 8 8 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 8 8 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 5 6 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Bo7♯5 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 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 3 2 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 8 8 5 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 8 6 5 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 5 8 5 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 8 8 5 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 8 8 5 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 5 6 5 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Sound

How Bo7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarleddissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · 5 · ♭6

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