Ninths
B minor 9th chord
Silky minor sound heard all over neo-soul and jazz.
- Notes
- BDF♯AC♯
- Formula
- 1♭35♭79
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · major 9th
How to play Bm9
About the B minor 9th chord
Playing it
There’s no open-string way to play Bm9 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 7th fret (797779).
On piano, Bm9 has two black keys (F♯ and C♯) and three 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 Bm9 shape is 2224, using four fingers. It leaves out the root, which a bass player (or your ear) fills in.
