B♭ minor added 9th chord

Playing it

There’s no open-string way to play B♭m(add9) on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 6th fret (688668). While you build strength, you can play just the top four strings of the same shape (xx8668).

On piano, B♭m(add9) has two black keys (B♭ and D♭) and two white keys. In root position it spans more than an octave, so many pianists play the root with the left hand and the rest with the right.

On ukulele the usual B♭m(add9) shape is 3014, using three fingers.

Related chords

Move a single note and B♭m(add9) becomes a different chord: drop the C for B♭m, swap C for A♭ for B♭m7, drop the D♭ for B♭sus2 and swap C for G for B♭m6.