Chord

B Minor 9

  • Bmin9
  • Bm9
  • B-9
  • Bminor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Bm3DM3F#m3AM3C#
Extends
B Minor 7

B Minor 9, written Bm9, is built from B, D, F#, A and C#: the root, minor 3rd, 5th, minor 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 Dorian

  2. Mode of Major

    B Aeolian

Voicings All 10