Minor family
B minor ninth chord
Bm9B minor ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 4
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 4 at fret 4.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B1
- ♭2
- C♯9
- D♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- F♯5
- ♯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?
Bm9 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
- Bmin9 · B-9
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain Bm9
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