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

Bø11♭9B Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 1 · 3 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

Bø11♭9 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 Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 5 5 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 5 5 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

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

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

B Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 14 15 15 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 17 15 15 14) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 15 17 15 14 14) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Bø11♭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 Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 5 5 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 5 5 0 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

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

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

B Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 14 15 15 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 17 15 15 14) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

B Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 15 17 15 14 14) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How Bø11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakhollow

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 1 · 3

Same notes asBø♭9(add11)Bo♭9(add11)

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