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

Bø7♯5B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

F♯tone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

Bø7♯5 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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

Bø7♯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 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 1 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 4 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How Bø7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkytense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G♯

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

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