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

Bø♭9♯5B Half-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

Bø♭9♯5 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 minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (7 8 8 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 8 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (19 20 20 18 18 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (19 20 20 21 22 22) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (19 22 22 21 20 20) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

Bø♭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 Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (7 8 8 6 6 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 8 9 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 9 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (19 20 20 18 18 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (19 20 20 21 22 22) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (19 22 22 21 20 20) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Bø♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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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 asBo♭9♯5

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