B♭–E guitar chord

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B♭ tritone dyad · Open position

EADGBERnoteB♭EroleR♯4fret30fret 3C2C3C4C5
Two notes: the first in its name is the lower

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E tritone dyad · Open position

EADGBE♭5noteEB♭roleR♭5fret01fret 1C2C3C4C5
Two notes: the first in its name is the lower

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The Twilight Zone, 1960 · Marius Constant · nearest shape for the hand

EADGBE6R11R3♭5noteEAEG♯B♭roleR11R3♭5fret77996frets 6–9C2C3C4C5
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The Matrix, 1999 · Don Davis · nearest shape for the hand

EADGBE♯117noteEA♯D♯GBEroleR♯117♭35Rfret011000fret 1C2C3C4C5
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How to play B♭–E on guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the G string at the 3rd fret. Let the high E string ring open. Don’t play the low E, A, D and B strings.

From the low E string x x x 3 x 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in B♭–E?

B♭–E, B♭ tritone dyad, is B♭ and E: the root (B♭) and the augmented fourth (E). Its formula is 1 ♯4.

B♭–E on other instruments

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