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

BM(add9)B Major Added 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Ctone

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

How to play it

BM(add9) 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 Major Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x 9 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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

B Major Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 x 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 11 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 10 9 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 10 11 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 9 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 11 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

BM(add9) 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 Major Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x 9 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x 11 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 x 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 11 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 10 9 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 10 11 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 9 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

B Major Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 11 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How BM(add9) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

brightupliftingfresh

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · C

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

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