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

BMB Major

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

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

How to play it

BM 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x 2 2 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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

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

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (x 14 14 14 14 14) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x x 19 18 17 19) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (19 18 19 18 17 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 x x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 x 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

BM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x 2 2 2 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (x x 7 6 5 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (7 6 7 6 5 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (x 14 14 14 14 14) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x x 19 18 17 19) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (19 18 19 18 17 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 x x 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Major guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 x 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How BM sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5

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