CHORD REFERENCE

B♭maj9

B♭ – D – F – A – C1 3 5 7 9

The B♭ Major 9th chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
B♭1D3F5A7C9

B♭maj9 is Bb, D, F, A, C — the 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 above the root B♭.

Piano
DFACB♭
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eFAB♭CDBCDFAB♭GAB♭CDFDDFAB♭CDAAB♭CDFAEFAB♭CD

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AAB♭CDFAEFAB♭CDCCDFAB♭CGAB♭CDF

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only Bb, D, F, A, C plays the chord.

In which keys

B♭maj9 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

IVF majorIB♭ major♭VID minor♭IIIG minor
Other B♭ chords

Triads

B♭MajorB♭mMinorB♭5Power Chord (5)B♭dimDiminishedB♭augAugmentedB♭sus2Suspended 2ndB♭sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

B♭6Major 6thB♭m6Minor 6thB♭7Dominant 7thB♭maj7Major 7thB♭m7Minor 7thB♭m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thB♭dim7Diminished 7thB♭m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)B♭7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

B♭7♭57♭5B♭7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)B♭7♭97♭9B♭7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

B♭add9Added 9thB♭6/96/9B♭9Dominant 9thB♭m9Minor 9thB♭11Dominant 11thB♭13Dominant 13th
Major 9th on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B
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