Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B°B Diminished

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E

How to play it

B° fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3, 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 guitar chord — Open (4 x 0 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar chord — Open (4 x 0 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar chord — Open (4 2 0 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar chord — Open (4 2 0 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar chord — Open (4 2 x 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar chord — Open (4 2 0 1 x 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar chord — Open (4 2 0 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar chord — Open (4 2 0 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

B° 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 guitar tab — Open (4 x 0 1 0 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar tab — Open (4 x 0 1 0 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar tab — Open (4 2 0 1 x x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar tab — Open (4 2 0 1 0 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar tab — Open (4 2 x 1 3 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar tab — Open (4 2 0 1 x 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar tab — Open (4 2 0 1 0 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

B Diminished guitar tab — Open (4 2 0 1 3 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How B° sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asBm♭5

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