Guitar chords · Dominant 7th sharp 9th
B♭7♯9 chord on guitar (Bb7#9)
B♭7♯9 (B♭ A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th) has five notes: B♭, D, F, A♭ and C♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, ♭7 and ♯9.
Shapes
How to play B♭7♯9
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
B♭7♯9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 1 or the E shape at fret 6. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
A shape · fret 1
E shape · fret 6
Notes and formula
What makes B♭7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
A 7♯9 chord is a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. chord with a raised 9th on top. The ♯9 sounds like a minor 3rd against the major 3rd, a deliberate clash; the chord is known as the Hendrix chord, at home in blues, funk and rock.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd, the ♭7th and the ♯9th make B♭7♯9 a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- B♭Rroot
- D3essential
- F5optional
- A♭♭7essential
- C♯♯9essential
- B♭, the root
- Other chord tones
As a V chord, B♭7♯9 resolves to E♭ or, more often, E♭m: the V7♯9–i move.
B♭7♯9 and A♯7♯9 are the same chord with two names: same The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step., same sound. Which one you see depends on the key the song is written in.
Keys
Keys with B♭7♯9
B♭7♯9 fits no major or minor key: its ♯9 (C♯) rubs against the major 3rd on purpose. It is the sound of blues, funk and rock, played as the I chord of a blues in B♭ or as a V chord resolving to E♭.
Slash chords
B♭7♯9 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps B♭7♯9 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- B♭7♯9/D
B♭7♯9 with its 3rd, D, in the bass.
- B♭7♯9/F
B♭7♯9 with its 5th, F, in the bass.
- B♭7♯9/A♭
B♭7♯9 with its ♭7th, A♭, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on A♯ / B♭
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- B♭ major
- B♭m minor
- B♭7 dominant 7th
- B♭maj7 major 7th
- B♭m7 minor 7th
- B♭sus2 suspended 2nd
- B♭sus4 suspended 4th
- B♭6 major 6th
- B♭m6 minor 6th
- B♭add9 add 9
- B♭9 dominant 9th
- B♭maj9 major 9th
- B♭m9 minor 9th
- B♭13 dominant 13th
- B♭maj13 major 13th
- B♭m11 minor 11th
- A♯° diminished
- A♯m7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- A♯°7 diminished 7th
- B♭+ augmented
- B♭5 power chord
- B♭7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- B♭m(maj7) minor major 7th
- B♭6/9 six-nine
- B♭m(add9) minor add 9
Questions
B♭7♯9, in short
- What notes are in the B♭7♯9 chord?
- B♭7♯9 (B♭ A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th) has five notes: B♭, D, F, A♭ and C♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, ♭7 and ♯9.
- How do you play B♭7♯9 on guitar?
- B♭7♯9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 1 or the E shape at fret 6.
- What key is B♭7♯9 in?
- B♭7♯9 fits no major or minor key: its ♯9 (C♯) rubs against the major 3rd on purpose. It is the sound of blues, funk and rock, played as the I chord of a blues in B♭ or as a V chord resolving to E♭.
- Is B♭7♯9 the same as A♯7♯9?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. B♭7♯9 is the spelling in E♭ major, E♭ minor and C minor; A♯7♯9 only in D♯ minor.