Chord

B Major 9

  • Bmaj9
  • BM9
  • BΔ9
  • Bmajor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
BM3D#m3F#M3A#m3C#
Extends
B Major 7

B Major 9, written Bmaj9, is built from B, D#, F#, A# and C#: the root, major 3rd, 5th, major 7th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, D# and A#, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    B Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  2. Mode of Major

    B Lydian

Voicings All 8