B major ninth · Frets 8–11
Bmaj9 banjo chord
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How to play Bmaj9 on banjo
The most common way, the first shape above: your middle finger on the low D string at the 9th fret, your index finger on the G string at the 8th fret, your little finger on the B string at the 11th fret and your little finger on the high D string at the 11th fret. Don’t play the short G string.
From the short G string x 9 8 11 11 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Bmaj9?
Bmaj9, B major ninth, is B, D♯, F♯, A♯ and C♯: the root (B), the major third (D♯), the perfect fifth (F♯), the major seventh (A♯) and the ninth (C♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 9.
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