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

Bm11♭9B Minor 11th Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 7 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 3 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · F · G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

Bm11♭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 Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 3 4 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 6 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 6 6 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 8 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 6 6 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 8 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 15th position (17 17 15 16 15 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 15th position (17 17 18 16 15 15) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Bm11♭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 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 3 4 3 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 6 4 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 6 6 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 8 6 8 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 6 6 5 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 8 6 5 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 15th position (17 17 15 16 15 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 15th position (17 17 18 16 15 15) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Bm11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darktense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F · G♯ · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 3

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