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Bmadd9 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 Bmadd9 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 4 · little finger
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) Do not play

Notation for Bmadd9 chord

Other names: B minor added 9th

Music theory name: minor added ninth chord

Common name: B minor add9 chord

Intervals and tones in Bmadd9 chord

Note Interval
B Root
C# 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

Songs using Bmadd9