Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B7B Dominant 7th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

G♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes A♯ · D · F · G♯

How to play it

B7 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 Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (11 14 11 11 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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

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

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

B Dominant 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 x 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Dominant 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 6 x 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Dominant 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 6 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Dominant 7th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 x 11 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

B7 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 Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (11 14 11 11 11 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Dominant 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 x 2 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Dominant 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Dominant 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Dominant 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 x 6 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Dominant 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 6 x 3 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Dominant 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 6 4 3 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Dominant 7th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 x 11 9 x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How B7 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyconfidentunresolved

Genres

bluesjazzrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6

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