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

Bo7♯9B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th

A♯Root
C♯tone
Etone
Gtone
C♯tone

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

How to play it

Bo7♯9 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 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 x 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 2 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 x 5 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 5 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Bo7♯9 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 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 x 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 x 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 2 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 x 5 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 5 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
B Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2
Sound

How Bo7♯9 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
harshdark
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 2
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