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Bbmmaj9 Guitar Chord

A rare, complex chord combining a minor mood with a bright major seventh and ninth. Found in jazz ballads. On guitar, the fifth is omitted.

Guitar

Strings 6–4–X–5–6–5

How to play the Bbmmaj9 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Bbmmaj9 chord

Other names: Bb minor major 9th

Music theory name: minor major ninth chord

Common name: Bb minor major ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the Bbmmaj9 chord

Note Interval
Bb Root
Db Minor 3rd
F Perfect 5th
A Major 7th
C Major 9th

All variations

Fret 4
6–4–X–5–6–5
Fret 4
6–4–7–5–X–X
Fret 6
6–8–7–6–6–8
Fret 8
8–8–8–10–10–9

More chords with Bb as the root

The same chord type in other keys