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B9 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play B Ninth (Charts)

B9 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as b9 chord, b9 guitar chord and how to play B9.

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.

B9 chord diagram, Barre (7th fret, E-string root)B9 Barre (7th fret, E-string root): low E fret 7, A fret 9, D fret 7, G fret 8, B fret 7, high e fret 9.7fr13247 9 7 8 7 9
Barre (7th fret, E-string root)
7 9 7 8 7 9
B9 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionB9 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 9, G fret 8, B fret 10, high e fret 9.8fr××2143x x 9 8 10 9
Easy 4-string version
x x 9 8 10 9
B9 chord diagram, Movable shape (1st fret)B9 Movable shape (1st fret): low E muted, A fret 2, D fret 1, G fret 2, B fret 2, high e muted.×2134×x 2 1 2 2 x
Movable shape (1st fret)
x 2 1 2 2 x

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 B9 (B ninth) on guitar, play 7 9 7 8 7 9 from the low E string to the high e string (the barre (7th fret, E-string root) shape). The chord contains B, D#, F#, A, C#. If that is hard, use the easier shape x 2 1 2 2 x, which needs 4 fretted notes.

B9 chord facts

Chord B9 (B ninth)
Other names Bdom9
Notes B, D#, F#, A, C#
Intervals B (root), D# (major 3rd), F# (perfect 5th), A (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 B9 on guitar?

The main shape is 7 9 7 8 7 9 (Barre (7th fret, E-string root)). Finger by finger:

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the low E to high e strings at fret 7. This is the barre.
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 8 (D#, the major 3rd).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the A string at fret 9 (F#, the perfect 5th).
  5. Put your pinky (4) on the high e string at fret 9 (C#, the major 9th).