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Major family

B♭ six-nine chord

B♭6/9

B♭ six-nine

Piano root position

  • Root
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6
  • 9

Guitar standard tuning

Barre · fret 3

Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 3.

EADGBe34567Barre at fret 3B♭CFB♭DG

Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little

Notation treble clef

𝄞♭

Intervals

12 semitones
  1. B♭1
  2. ♭2
  3. C9
  4. ♭3
  5. D3
  6. 4
  7. ♭5
  8. F5
  9. ♯5
  10. G6
  11. ♭7
  12. 7
  • B♭ Root
  • D Major 3rd
  • F Perfect 5th
  • G Major 6th
  • C Major 9th

About this chord

What is a B♭ six-nine chord?

B♭6/9 is built from 5 notes: B♭ (the root), D (the 3), F (the 5), G (the 6), C (the 9). Warm and floating, a favourite final chord in jazz and bossa nova.

Notes
B♭ · D · F · G · C
Formula
1 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 9
Also written
B♭69
Found in
Outside the major and minor keys

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