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Fig. 1 · Bbm9 on the keyboard

piano chord

B♭m9

B♭1D♭♭3F5A♭♭7C9

A minor seventh with a ninth on top.

Written the other way round it is A♯m9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

B♭m9 is B♭, D♭, F, A♭ and C — 1, b3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from B♭.

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

B♭ in other shapes

B♭add9added ninthB♭9dominant ninthB♭maj9major ninthB♭majorB♭mminorB♭dimdiminished

Cm9C♯m9D♭m9Dm9D♯m9E♭m9Em9Fm9all 374