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

BM7B Major 7th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

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

How to play it

BM7 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 Major 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 x 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 2 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 2 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 x x 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 x 6 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 x x 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 6 x 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar chord — 5th position (x x 7 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

BM7 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 Major 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 x 1 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 2 1 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 2 1 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 x x 6 5 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 x 6 6 5 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 x x 5 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 6 x 5 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major 7th guitar tab — 5th position (x x 7 6 5 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How BM7 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamywarmromantic

Genres

jazzbossa novar&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A

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

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