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

Bø9B Half-Diminished 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

Bø9 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 Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 9 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 10 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 9 9 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 9 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 9 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 10 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

Bø9 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 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 9 9 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 10 9 10 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 9 9 x 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 9 x 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 9 9 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 9 10 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 9 9 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 10 9 10 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Bø9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · C

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

Same notes asBm9♭5 Bø7(add9)

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