Guitar chord · Ninths
B dominant 7th sharp 9 chord on guitar
x2024x · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play B7♯9 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
The “Hendrix chord” — gritty, with major and minor 3rds clashing.
- Notes
- BD♯F♯AC𝄪
- Formula
- 135♭7♯9
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · augmented 9th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): 2nd fret, index finger (1) B
- 4th string (D): play open C𝄪
- 3rd string (G): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) A
- 2nd string (B): 4th fret, ring finger (3) D♯
- 1st string (high E): don’t play — mute it
Tablature
e|--x---| B|--4---| G|--2---| D|--0---| A|--2---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every B7♯9 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing B7♯9 on guitar
On guitar, B7♯9 has an open-position shape, x2024x, using three fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E and high E strings.
Notice the C𝄪 in B7♯9 (B D♯ F♯ A C𝄪): each note of the chord takes its own letter (B–D–F–A–C), so the augmented 9th has to be written C𝄪 rather than D — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
