Minor family
B♭ minor ninth chord
B♭m9B♭ minor ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 3
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 4 at fret 3.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B♭1
- ♭2
- C9
- D♭♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- F5
- ♯5
- 6
- A♭♭7
- 7
- B♭ Root
- D♭ Minor 3rd
- F Perfect 5th
- A♭ Minor 7th
- C Major 9th
About this chord
What is a B♭ minor ninth chord?
B♭m9 is built from 5 notes: B♭ (the root), D♭ (the ♭3), F (the 5), A♭ (the ♭7), C (the 9). The minor seventh with a ninth: deep, soft and modern.
- Notes
- B♭ · D♭ · F · A♭ · C
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 9
- Also written
- B♭min9 · B♭-9
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain B♭m9
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