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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–1–0–0–1–1

How to play the B69 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–0–0–1–1 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Play open
3rd string (G) Play open
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · ring finger

Notation for B69 chord

Other names: B 6/9, B sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: B 6/9 chord

Intervals and tones in B69 chord

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

All Variations

Open
X–1–0–0–1–1
Fret 5
6–5–5–5–6–6
Fret 7
X–8–8–7–8–8
Fret 12
X–13–12–12–13–13

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys