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B69 Guitar Chord

A fresh, optimistic sound without a seventh. Popular in jazz, bossa nova and country. Often used as a final chord instead of a plain major or maj7.

Guitar

Strings X–2–1–1–2–2

How to play the B69 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the B69 chord

Other names: B6/9, B sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: B 6/9 chord

Notes and intervals in the B69 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D# Major 3rd
F# Perfect 5th
G# Major 6th
C# Major 9th

All variations

Open
X–2–1–1–2–2
Fret 6
7–6–6–6–7–7
Fret 8
X–9–9–8–9–9
Fret 11
X–14–11–13–12–11

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys