Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Bo7♭9B Diminished 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Btone

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

How to play it

Bo7♭9 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 0 1 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 6 5 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 0 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 5 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 10 10 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 10 10 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

Bo7♭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 Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 0 1 1 3) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 1 0) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 3 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 6 5 3 3) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 0 5 6 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 5 6 0) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 10 10 9 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 10 10 7 9 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How Bo7♭9 sounds

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G · B

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

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