Bb9 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.
All chords More Bb chordsThe Bb9 is a dominant chord and equivalent to A sharp 9th. It consists of five notes, though depending on the instrument, some notes may be doubled or tripled. It's usually played in one of the movable shapes depending on the most fitting position on the fretboard, and less often played as an open chord.
The chord consists of five notes. The notes represent the root, the third, the perfect fifth, the minor seventh and raised ninth intervals. Notice that the third or the fifth is sometimes omitted.
Bb9 is an abbreviation for B flat dominant ninth. A less common abbreviation is Bbdom9.
The notes that the Bb9 chord consists of are Bb, D, F, Ab and C.
1st inversion: Bb9/D (means that D is the bass note).
2nd inversion: Bb9/F (means that F is the bass note).
3rd inversion: Bb9/Ab (means that Ab is the bass note).
4th inversion: Bb9/C (means that C is the bass note).
Bb9(no3) is an B flat dominant 9th with no third (D).
Bb9(no5) is an B flat dominant 9th with no fifth (F).
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