Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Bm9B Minor 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

Bm9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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 Minor 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 5 5 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 9 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 10 10 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 9 x 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 10 x 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 x 7 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 10 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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 Minor 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 3 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 5 5 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 9 10 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 10 10 10 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 9 x 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 10 x 10 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 x 7 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Minor 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 10 x 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Bm9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

wistfullushintrospective

Genres

jazzr&bneo-soul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F · G♯ · C

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

Same notes asBm7(add9)

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