Chord

Bb Major 6/9

  • Bb6/9
  • Bb69
  • Bbmaj6/9
  • BbM6/9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
BbM3Dm3F2G4C
Extends
Bb Major 6

Bb Major 6/9, written Bb6/9, is built from Bb, D, F, G and C: the root, major 3rd, 5th, 6th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 6th, D and G, 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 Pentatonic

    Bb Pentatonic

    The major pentatonic scale leaves the 4th and 7th out of the major scale, so it has no ...

  2. Mode of Major

    Bb Ionian

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

  3. Mode of Major

    Bb Lydian

Voicings All 8