Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

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

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 — 11th position (11 11 14 13) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
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 — 11th position (11 11 14 13) in Plectrum (CGBD)
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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