Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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), 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 — 2nd position (x 4 0 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 0 0 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 0 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 9 12 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 12 12 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 12 12 x 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 12 12 12 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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 — 2nd position (x 4 0 2 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 0 0 3 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 0 0 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 9 12 12 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 12 12 9 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 12 12 x 9 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 12 12 12 9 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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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