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B69 Piano 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Left hand B3 fingers 5
Right hand D#4 · G#4 · C#5 fingers 1–3–5

How to play the B69 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play B3 with the left hand and D#4, G#4 and C#5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5 on the left and 1–3–5 on the right (1 is the thumb). The perfect fifth F# can usually be omitted from an extended chord, keeping the sound clear and the voicing manageable.

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

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