Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Bo7B Diminished 7th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

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

How to play it

Bo7 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 Diminished 7th guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1 x 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 x 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 5 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 5 4 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 x 7 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

Bo7 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 Diminished 7th guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 2 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1 x 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1 2 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 x 5 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 5 x 2 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 5 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 5 4 2 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Diminished 7th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 x 7 5 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Bo7 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dramaticominoussuspenseful

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6

Same notes asBm6♭5

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