Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B+7♭9B Augmented 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · 1 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · G♯ · B

How to play it

B+7♭9 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 5 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 5 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 5 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 5 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 5 x 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

B+7♭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 Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 1 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 4 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 5 5 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 5 5 4 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 5 5 4 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 5 5 4 7) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 5 x 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

B Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 5 0 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How B+7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · 1

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