Four String Bass · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

BM♯9B Major Sharp 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

BM♯9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

B Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 15th position (18 17 15 18) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

BM♯9 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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

B Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 15th position (18 17 15 18) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How BM♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittybluesy

Genres

bluesrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · C♯

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

Explore

More ways to play B Major Sharp 9th

Browse the rest of the B chords in this tuning, or open BM♯9 in the app for every voicing.

BM♯9 in other tunings:

See & hear BM♯9 in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline

Download on theApp Store