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Fig. 1 · B9 · hard

guitar chord

B9

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A dominant seventh carrying a ninth on top.

on ukuleleon pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

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hard

Fig. 3

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hard · no 5

Fig. 4

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hard · no 5

7
Fig. 5

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hard · barre

6
Fig. 6

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hard · no 5

What is true of it

B9 is B, D♯, F♯, A and C♯ — 1, 3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from B.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 70464x: 4 fingers, held at the 4th fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are B, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

B9/D♯

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second inversion

B9/F♯

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third inversion

B9/A

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An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

B in other shapes

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