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Bb9 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play B Flat Ninth (Charts)

Bb9 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as bb9 chord, bb9 guitar chord and how to play Bb9.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Bb9 chord diagram, Open positionBb9 Open position: low E muted, A fret 1, D open, G fret 1, B fret 1, high e fret 1.×1234x 1 0 1 1 1
Open position
x 1 0 1 1 1
Bb9 chord diagram, Barre (6th fret, E-string root)Bb9 Barre (6th fret, E-string root): low E fret 6, A fret 8, D fret 6, G fret 7, B fret 6, high e fret 8.6fr13246 8 6 7 6 8
Barre (6th fret, E-string root)
6 8 6 7 6 8
Bb9 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionBb9 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 8, G fret 7, B fret 9, high e fret 8.7fr××2143x x 8 7 9 8
Easy 4-string version
x x 8 7 9 8

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Bb9 (B flat ninth) on guitar, play x 1 0 1 1 1 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains Bb, D, F, Ab, C. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 8 7 9 8, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Bb9 chord facts

Chord Bb9 (B flat ninth)
Other names Bbdom9, A#9 (enharmonic spelling, same notes and shapes)
Notes Bb, D, F, Ab, C
Intervals Bb (root), D (major 3rd), F (perfect 5th), Ab (minor 7th), C (major 9th)
Formula 1-3-5-b7-9
Difficulty Intermediate (barre or stretch)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Bb9 on guitar?

The main shape is x 1 0 1 1 1 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the A string at fret 1 (Bb, the root).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 1 (Ab, the minor 7th).