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

BM7♭9B Major 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

Btone

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

How to play it

BM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

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

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 8 x 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 8 7 5 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 7 8 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 7 8 8 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 8 8 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 8 7 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

BM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 2 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

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

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 8 x 5 7 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 8 7 5 x 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 7 8 7 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 7 8 8 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 8 8 7 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 8 7 5 7 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

Sound

How BM7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dissonanteerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · B

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

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