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Fig. 1 · Bbmaj9 on the keyboard

piano chord

B♭maj9

B♭1D3F5A7C9

A major seventh with a ninth on top.

Written the other way round it is A♯maj9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

B♭maj9 is B♭, D, F, A and C — 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 counted from B♭.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

B♭ in other shapes

B♭add9added ninthB♭9dominant ninthB♭m9minor ninthB♭majorB♭mminorB♭dimdiminished

Cmaj9C♯maj9D♭maj9Dmaj9D♯maj9E♭maj9Emaj9Fmaj9all 374