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B thirteenth flat nine · Frets 1–4
B13♭9 guitar chord
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How to play B13♭9 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the three strings from the D to the B at the 1st fret, your middle finger on the A string at the 2nd fret, your ring finger on the G string at the 2nd fret and your little finger on the high E string at the 4th fret. Don’t play the low E string.
From the low E string x 2 1 2 1 4 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier B13♭9
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your undefined finger on the low E string at the 2nd fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret, your index finger on the D string at the 1st fret, your middle finger on the G string at the 2nd fret and your little finger on the high E string at the 4th fret. Let the B string ring open.
2 3 1 2 0 4
B13♭9, the easier shape
StandardThumbOpen position · 5th in bass · 6 strings
What notes are in B13♭9?
B13♭9, B thirteenth flat nine, is B, D♯, F♯, A, C and G♯: the root (B), the major third (D♯), the perfect fifth (F♯), the minor seventh (A), the flat ninth (C) and the thirteenth (G♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9 13.
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