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Bbmadd9 Guitar Chord

A minor chord with an added ninth but no seventh. An emotive, "cinematic" sound. Found in progressive rock, soundtracks and modern pop.

Guitar

Strings X–4–3–3–1–X

How to play the Bbmadd9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–3–3–1–X from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 4 · pinky
4th string (D) Fret 3 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Muted

Other names for the Bbmadd9 chord

Other names: Bb minor added 9th

Music theory name: minor added ninth chord

Common name: Bb minor add9 chord

Notes and intervals in the Bbmadd9 chord

Note Interval
Bb Root
Db Minor 3rd
F Perfect 5th
C Major 9th

All variations

Open
X–4–3–3–1–X
Fret 4
6–4–X–5–6–X
Fret 6
X–X–8–6–6–8
Fret 10
X–13–11–10–13–X

More chords with Bb as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Bbmadd9

Titanic
SIMA
Jaký to je
Ewa Farna