Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

Bo7♯5B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

F♯tone

Gtone

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

How to play it

Bo7♯5 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2, 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 Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 x 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 9 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 15 17 17 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 17 17 15 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Bo7♯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 Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 x 11 12 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 9 11 12 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 15 17 17 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 17 17 15 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Bo7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarleddissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G

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

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