Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B9B Dominant 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · D · F · G♯ · C

How to play it

B9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

B Dominant 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 9 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Dominant 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 11 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

B9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

B Dominant 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 9 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Dominant 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 11 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How B9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2

Same notes asB7(add9)

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