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

Bø9(add2)B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd

A♯Root

Ctone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

Bø9(add2) 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 Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 x 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 3 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 3 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 3 2 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 7 6 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Bø9(add2) 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 Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 x 2 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 3 2 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 2 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 3 2 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 3 2 2 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

B Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 7 6 6 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Sound

How Bø9(add2) sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fragiletense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C · C♯ · E · G♯ · C

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

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