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

Bm13♯9B Minor 13th Sharp 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

G♯tone

C♯tone

D♯tone

Gtone

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

How to play it

Bm13♯9 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 Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 3 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 4 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 15th position (18 18 15 17 16 16) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 15th position (18 18 16 17 16 15) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Bm13♯9 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 Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 3 5 4 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 4 5 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 15th position (18 18 15 17 16 16) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 15th position (18 18 16 17 16 15) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How Bm13♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

saturatedthick

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F · G♯ · C♯ · D♯ · G

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

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