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

B+M9(add4)B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th

A♯Root
Dtone
D♯tone
F♯tone
Atone
Ctone

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

How to play it

B+M9(add4) 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-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 0 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 6 6 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (7 6 0 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (7 6 6 4 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 9 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 9 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Read it as tab

B+M9(add4) 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-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 0 6 6 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 6 6 6 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (7 6 0 4 6 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (7 6 6 4 6 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 7 6 9) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 9 7 6 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 6 6 9) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 9 6 6 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Sound

How B+M9(add4) sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
clustereddissonant
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · D♯ · F♯ · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2
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