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

B+M9(add2)B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd

A♯Root
Ctone
Dtone
F♯tone
Atone
Ctone

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

How to play it

B+M9(add2) fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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 Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 6 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 8 9 7 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 9 11 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 11 11 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 18th position (19 20 21 19 x 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

B+M9(add2) 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 Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 5 4 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 6 5 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 8 9 7 x 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 9 11 11 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 11 11 11 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
B Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 18th position (19 20 21 19 x 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How B+M9(add2) sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C · D · F♯ · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2
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