5-string bass · Standard
B minor ninth · Frets 5–7
Bm9 5-string bass chord
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How to play Bm9 on 5-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the E string at the 7th fret, your index finger on the A string at the 5th fret, your little finger on the D string at the 7th fret and your middle finger on the G string at the 6th fret. Don’t play the B string.
From the B string x 7 5 7 6 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Bm9?
Bm9, 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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