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Fig. 1 · Bmaj9 on the keyboard

piano chord

Bmaj9

B1D♯3F♯5A♯7C♯9

A major seventh with a ninth on top.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

Bmaj9 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

Badd9added ninthB9dominant ninthBm9minor ninthBmajorBmminorBdimdiminished

Cmaj9C♯maj9D♭maj9Dmaj9D♯maj9E♭maj9Emaj9Fmaj9all 374