Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B7(add9)B Dominant 7th Added 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · D · F · G♯ · C

How to play it

B7(add9) 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 Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 4 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 6 4 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 7 6 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 x 6 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

B7(add9) 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 Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 2 2 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 4 2 2 1) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 6 4 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 7 6 4 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 8 7 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 8 7 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 x 6 7 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

B Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 8 7 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How B7(add9) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2

Same notes asB9

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