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

B+9♯13B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Ctone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

B+9♯13 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 4 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 4 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 15 16 14 17) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 17 16 14 15) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 16th position (19 16 x 18 18 17) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

B+9♯13 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 Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 4 2 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 4 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x 6 6 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 6 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 6 6 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 15 16 14 17) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 17 16 14 15) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Augmented 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 16th position (19 16 x 18 18 17) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How B+9♯13 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denserestless

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · G♯ · C · G♯

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

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