Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B+M9B Augmented-major 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · A · C

How to play it

B+M9 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-major 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 3 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 13 15 15 15) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 15 15 13 15) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

B+M9 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-major 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 3 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 3 1 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 13 15 15 15) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 15 15 13 15) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How B+M9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2

Same notes asBM9♯5 B+M7(add9)

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