Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

BM9B Major 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

Ctone

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

How to play it

BM9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3, 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 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 8 8 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

B Major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 8 10 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

BM9 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 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 8 8 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

B Major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 8 10 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How BM9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushserenesophisticated

Genres

jazzr&bsoul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · C

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

Same notes asBM7(add9)

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