Dominant family
B dominant seventh flat nine chord
B7♭9B dominant seventh flat nine
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- ♭7
- ♭9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 1
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 2 at fret 1.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B1
- C♭9
- 2
- ♭3
- D♯3
- 4
- ♭5
- F♯5
- ♯5
- 6
- A♭7
- 7
- B Root
- D♯ Major 3rd
- F♯ Perfect 5th
- A Minor 7th
- C Minor 9th
About this chord
What is a B dominant seventh flat nine chord?
B7♭9 is built from 5 notes: B (the root), D♯ (the 3), F♯ (the 5), A (the ♭7), C (the ♭9). Dark tension that pulls hard towards a minor chord.
- Notes
- B · D♯ · F♯ · A · C
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭9
- Also written
- B7(♭9)
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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