5-string bass · Standard
B♭ minor ninth · Frets 4–6
B♭m9 5-string bass chord
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How to play B♭m9 on 5-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the E string at the 6th fret, your index finger on the A string at the 4th fret, your little finger on the D string at the 6th fret and your middle finger on the G string at the 5th fret. Don’t play the B string.
From the B string x 6 4 6 5 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in B♭m9?
B♭m9, B♭ minor ninth, is B♭, D♭, F, A♭ and C: the root (B♭), the minor third (D♭), the perfect fifth (F), the minor seventh (A♭) and the ninth (C). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9.
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