Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

Bø9♯5B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

Bø9♯5 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3, 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 2 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 2 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 2 2 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 7 7 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 7 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 19 19 17 18) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (16 19 19 17 17 18) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Bø9♯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 Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 2 2 1 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 2 0 1 1 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 2 2 1 1 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 7 7 5 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 7 5 5 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 19 19 17 18) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (16 19 19 17 17 18) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

Sound

How Bø9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkyfragile

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G♯ · C

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

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