Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B+7♭9B Augmented 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · 1 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · G♯ · B

How to play it

B+7♭9 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3, 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 Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 2 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 x 6 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 x 9 9 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 9 9 x 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 9 9 9 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 9 11 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 x 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

B+7♭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 Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 2 4 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 2 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 x 6 9 9 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 x 9 9 6 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 9 9 x 6 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 9 9 9 6 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 9 11 x 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 x 9 9 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

Sound

How B+7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

volatilejarring

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · 1

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