What notes are in a Bb6/9 chord?

Bb6/9 is Bb, D, F, G, C: the 1, 3, 5, 6, 9 of Bb.

How do you play Bb6/9 on guitar?

6th String Root: 6 5 5 5 6 6; 5th String Root: x 1 0 0 1 1; 4th String Root: x x 8 7 8 8 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Bb6/9?

Scales on Bb that contain every note of Bb6/9: Bb Major, Bb Major Pentatonic, Bb Major Blues, Bb Lydian, Bb Mixolydian, Bb Lydian Dominant.

Guitar chord · Major 6/9

Bb6/9 chord (Bb Major 6/9)

Major triad with the 6th and the 9th and no 7th: open and smooth.

Notes BbDFGC

Formula 1 3 5 6 9

Shapes 3 on this page

Bb6/9 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, Bb.

6th String Root 6 5 5 5 6 6

5th String Root x 1 0 0 1 1

4th String Root x x 8 7 8 8

Interactive chord diagram

Bb6/9 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕ ✕

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Scales to play over Bb6/9

These scales start on Bb and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Bb6/9 is the chord of the moment.

Bb Major Bb Major Pentatonic Bb Major Blues Bb Lydian Bb Mixolydian Bb Lydian Dominant Bb Bebop Dominant Bb Bebop Major Bb Bebop Dorian

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Questions

What notes are in a Bb6/9 chord?: Bb6/9 is Bb, D, F, G, C: the 1, 3, 5, 6, 9 of Bb.
How do you play Bb6/9 on guitar?: 6th String Root: 6 5 5 5 6 6; 5th String Root: x 1 0 0 1 1; 4th String Root: x x 8 7 8 8 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Bb6/9?: Scales on Bb that contain every note of Bb6/9: Bb Major, Bb Major Pentatonic, Bb Major Blues, Bb Lydian, Bb Mixolydian, Bb Lydian Dominant.

Major 6/9 chords in every key

C6/9 C#6/9 D6/9 Eb6/9 E6/9 F6/9 F#6/9 G6/9 Ab6/9 A6/9 Bb6/9 B6/9