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Bm9/A Guitar Chord

A sophisticated minor sound popular in neo-soul, jazz and lo-fi hip-hop. On guitar, the fifth is commonly omitted to make room for the ninth. This is a slash chord — the bass note is A instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings 5–2–4–2–2–2

How to play the Bm9/A chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Bm9/A chord

Other names: B minor 9th, Bmin9, B-9

Music theory name: minor ninth chord

Common name: B minor ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the Bm9/A chord

Note Interval
B Root
D Minor 3rd
F# Perfect 5th
A Minor 7th
C# Major 9th

All variations

Fret 2
5–2–4–2–2–2
Fret 2
5–2–4–4–2–2
Fret 9
X–12–9–11–10–9
Fret 2
5–2–4–2–2–X

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Bm9/A

Polámaný anděl touhy
Jaromír Nohavica