Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Bo♭9♯5B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 1 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G♯ · B

How to play it

Bo♭9♯5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3, 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 minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 0 0 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 0 2 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 0 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 2 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 0 0 6 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 0 5 6 7 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 0 6 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Bo♭9♯5 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 minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 0 0 1 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 0 2 1 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 0 1 0 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 2 1 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 0 0 6 7 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 0 5 6 7 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 0 6 0 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How Bo♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 1

Same notes asBø♭9♯5

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