6-string bass · Standard
B minor ninth · Open position
Bm9 6-string bass chord
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How to play Bm9 on 6-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the E string at the 2nd fret, your little finger on the G string at the 2nd fret and your index finger on the C string at the 1st fret. Let the B, A and D strings ring open.
From the B string 0 2 0 0 2 1 (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.
More B chords on 6-string bass
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Minor ninth chords in every key
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Bm9 on other instruments
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