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

Bø7♯5B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

F♯tone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

Bø7♯5 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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 4 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 x 11 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 11 11 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 11 9 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 8 11 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 11 11 8 10) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 11 11 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Bø7♯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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 4 4 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 4 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 x 11 11 10) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 11 11 x 10) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 11 9 x 10) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 8 11 11 10) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 11 11 8 10) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 11 11 11 10) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

Sound

How Bø7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkytense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G♯

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

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