Guitar chords · Dominant 7th sharp 9th
B7♯9 chord on guitar (B7#9)
B7♯9 (B A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th) has five notes: B, D♯, F♯, A and C𝄪 (played as D), the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, ♭7 and ♯9.
Shapes
How to play B7♯9
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
B7♯9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 2 or the E shape at fret 7. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
A shape · fret 2
E shape · fret 7
Notes and formula
What makes B7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
A 7♯9 chord is a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. chord with a raised 9th on top. The ♯9 sounds like a minor 3rd against the major 3rd, a deliberate clash; the chord is known as the Hendrix chord, at home in blues, funk and rock.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd, the ♭7th and the ♯9th make B7♯9 a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- BRroot
- D♯3essential
- F♯5optional
- A♭7essential
- C𝄪♯9essential
- B, the root
- Other chord tones
As a V chord, B7♯9 resolves to E or, more often, Em: the V7♯9–i move.
Keys
Keys with B7♯9
B7♯9 fits no major or minor key: its ♯9 (C𝄪, usually written D) rubs against the major 3rd on purpose. It is the sound of blues, funk and rock, played as the I chord of a blues in B or as a V chord resolving to E.
Slash chords
B7♯9 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps B7♯9 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- B7♯9/D♯
B7♯9 with its 3rd, D♯, in the bass.
- B7♯9/F♯
B7♯9 with its 5th, F♯, in the bass.
- B7♯9/A
B7♯9 with its ♭7th, A, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on B
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- B major
- Bm minor
- B7 dominant 7th
- Bmaj7 major 7th
- Bm7 minor 7th
- Bsus2 suspended 2nd
- Bsus4 suspended 4th
- B6 major 6th
- Bm6 minor 6th
- Badd9 add 9
- B9 dominant 9th
- Bmaj9 major 9th
- Bm9 minor 9th
- B13 dominant 13th
- Bmaj13 major 13th
- Bm11 minor 11th
- B° diminished
- Bm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- B°7 diminished 7th
- B+ augmented
- B5 power chord
- B7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Bm(maj7) minor major 7th
- B6/9 six-nine
- Bm(add9) minor add 9
Questions
B7♯9, in short
- What notes are in the B7♯9 chord?
- B7♯9 (B A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th) has five notes: B, D♯, F♯, A and C𝄪 (played as D), the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, ♭7 and ♯9.
- How do you play B7♯9 on guitar?
- B7♯9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 2 or the E shape at fret 7.
- What key is B7♯9 in?
- B7♯9 fits no major or minor key: its ♯9 (C𝄪, usually written D) rubs against the major 3rd on purpose. It is the sound of blues, funk and rock, played as the I chord of a blues in B or as a V chord resolving to E.