Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Bo11♯9B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

C♯tone

D♯tone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 2 · 3 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G · C♯ · D♯

How to play it

Bo11♯9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, 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 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 x 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (x 10 8 7 7 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (x 10 10 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 10 10 13 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 11 10 13 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 14th position (17 15 x 16 16 14) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Bo11♯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 Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 x 4 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 4 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 4 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (x 10 8 7 7 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (x 10 10 7 7 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 10 10 13 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 11 10 13 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 14th position (17 15 x 16 16 14) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Bo11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdense

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G · C♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 2 · 3

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