Chord

Bb Minor 9

  • Bbmin9
  • Bbm9
  • Bb-9
  • Bbminor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Bbm3DbM3Fm3AbM3C
Extends
Bb Minor 7

Bb Minor 9, written Bbm9, is built from Bb, Db, F, Ab and C: the root, minor 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Db and Ab, 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

    Bb Dorian

  2. Mode of Major

    Bb Aeolian

Voicings All 10