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B69 Ukulele 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.

Ukulele

Strings 1–3–2–4

How to play the B69 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 1–3–2–4 from the G string to the A string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. 0 means an open string and X means a muted string.

4th string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (C) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (E) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (A) Fret 4 · 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
1–3–2–4
Fret 4
6–6–4–6
Fret 8
8–8–9–9
Fret 11
11–13–11–11

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys