Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B9(add2)B Dominant 9th Added 2nd

A♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

B9(add2) fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1, 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 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 x 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 4 4 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 x 4 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 4 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 4 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 4 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 4 4 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 4 4 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

B9(add2) 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 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 x 4 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 4 4 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 x 4 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 4 4 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 4 4 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 4 4 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 4 4 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 4 4 3 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How B9(add2) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

colorfulfunky

Genres

funkjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C · D · F · G♯ · C

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

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