Guitar chords · Add 9
B♭add9 chord on guitar (Bbadd9)
B♭add9 (B♭ add 9) has four notes: B♭, D, F and C, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5 and 9.
Shapes
How to play B♭add9
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.
B♭add9 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. 1. 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 1
Notes and formula
What makes B♭add9 add 9
An add9 chord is a major chord with the 9th (the 2nd, an The distance of twelve half steps, where a note comes round to the same name. Twelve frets up a string is an octave. up) added on top. Unlike a sus2, it keeps its 3rd, so it still sounds major, just brighter and more open.
- 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 and the 9th make B♭add9 an add 9 chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- B♭Rroot
- D3essential
- F5optional
- C9essential
- B♭, the root
- Other chord tones
B♭add9 and A♯add9 are the same chord with two names: same The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step., same sound. Which one you see depends on the key the song is written in.
Keys
Keys with B♭add9
B♭add9 belongs to six keys: E♭ major (Vadd9), B♭ major (Iadd9), F major (IVadd9), C minor (VIIadd9), G minor (IIIadd9) and D minor (VIadd9).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
B♭add9 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 B♭add9 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- B♭add9/D
B♭add9 with its 3rd, D, in the bass.
- B♭add9/F
B♭add9 with its 5th, F, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on A♯ / 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
- B♭m minor
- B♭7 dominant 7th
- B♭maj7 major 7th
- B♭m7 minor 7th
- B♭sus2 suspended 2nd
- B♭sus4 suspended 4th
- B♭6 major 6th
- B♭m6 minor 6th
- B♭9 dominant 9th
- B♭maj9 major 9th
- B♭m9 minor 9th
- B♭13 dominant 13th
- B♭maj13 major 13th
- B♭m11 minor 11th
- A♯° diminished
- A♯m7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- A♯°7 diminished 7th
- B♭+ augmented
- B♭5 power chord
- B♭7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- B♭m(maj7) minor major 7th
- B♭6/9 six-nine
- B♭m(add9) minor add 9
- B♭7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
B♭add9, in short
- What notes are in the B♭add9 chord?
- B♭add9 (B♭ add 9) has four notes: B♭, D, F and C, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5 and 9.
- How do you play B♭add9 on guitar?
- B♭add9 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. 1.
- What key is B♭add9 in?
- B♭add9 belongs to six keys: E♭ major (Vadd9), B♭ major (Iadd9), F major (IVadd9), C minor (VIIadd9), G minor (IIIadd9) and D minor (VIadd9).
- Is B♭add9 the same as A♯add9?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. B♭add9 is the spelling in E♭ major, B♭ major, F major, C minor, G minor and D minor. No key on the circle spells it A♯add9, so you will rarely see that name.