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Fig. 1 · Badd9 on the keyboard

piano chord

Badd9

B1D♯3F♯5C♯9

A major triad with a ninth added and no seventh — which is what tells it apart from a ninth chord.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

Badd9 is B, D♯, F♯ and C♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 9 counted from B.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

B in other shapes

B9dominant ninthBmaj9major ninthBm9minor ninthBmajorBmminorBdimdiminished

Cadd9C♯add9D♭add9Dadd9D♯add9E♭add9Eadd9Fadd9all 374