Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

BM6(add9)B Major 6th Added 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Gtone

Ctone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · D · F · G · C

How to play it

BM6(add9) 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 Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 6 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 6 6 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 11 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 x 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 8 8 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 11 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

BM6(add9) 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 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 1 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 1 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 6 6 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 6 6 3 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 11 x 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 x 8 8 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 8 8 x 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

B Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 11 8 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How BM6(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmsmoothoptimistic

Genres

jazzpopbossa nova

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭2

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