5-string bass · Standard
B ninth suspended fourth · Frets 6–7
B9sus4 5-string bass chord
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How to play B9sus4 on 5-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the E string at the 7th fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 7th fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 7th fret and your index finger on the G string at the 6th fret. Don’t play the B string.
From the B string x 7 7 7 6 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in B9sus4?
B9sus4, B ninth suspended fourth, is B, E, F♯, A and C♯: the root (B), the perfect fourth (E), the perfect fifth (F♯), the minor seventh (A) and the ninth (C♯). Its formula is 1 4 5 ♭7 9.
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