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

BmM9♭5B Minor major 9th Flat 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Atone

Ctone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · A · C

How to play it

BmM9♭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 Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 6 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 5 x 4 4 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 5 6 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 10 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 10 x 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 10 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 16th position (19 16 18 17 16 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 16th position (19 17 x 16 16 18) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

BmM9♭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 Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 6 5 4 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 5 x 4 4 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 5 6 4 4 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 10 8 9 9) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 10 x 9 9) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 10 8 9 9) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 16th position (19 16 18 17 16 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

B Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 16th position (19 17 x 16 16 18) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭7 · ♭2

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