What notes are in a Bb7b9 chord?

Bb7b9 is Bb, D, F, Ab, Cb: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♭9 of Bb.

How do you play Bb7b9 on guitar?

6th String Root: 6 8 6 7 6 7; 5th String Root: x 1 0 1 0 x; 4th String Root: x x 8 7 9 7 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Bb7b9?

Scales on Bb that contain every note of Bb7b9: Bb Phrygian Dominant, Bb Half-Whole Diminished, Bb Phrygian b4, Bb Mixolydian b2, Bb Tritone.

Guitar chord · Dominant 7b9

Bb7b9 chord (Bb Dominant 7b9)

Dominant 7th with a flat 9th: dark and tense, and it often leads to a minor chord.

Notes BbDFAbCb

Formula 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9

Shapes 3 on this page

Bb7b9 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 8 6 7 6 7

5th String Root x 1 0 1 0 x

4th String Root x x 8 7 9 7

Interactive chord diagram

Bb7b9 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 ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over Bb7b9

These scales start on Bb and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Bb7b9 is the chord of the moment.

Bb Phrygian Dominant Bb Half-Whole Diminished Bb Phrygian b4 Bb Mixolydian b2 Bb Tritone

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Questions

What notes are in a Bb7b9 chord?: Bb7b9 is Bb, D, F, Ab, Cb: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♭9 of Bb.
How do you play Bb7b9 on guitar?: 6th String Root: 6 8 6 7 6 7; 5th String Root: x 1 0 1 0 x; 4th String Root: x x 8 7 9 7 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Bb7b9?: Scales on Bb that contain every note of Bb7b9: Bb Phrygian Dominant, Bb Half-Whole Diminished, Bb Phrygian b4, Bb Mixolydian b2, Bb Tritone.

Dominant 7b9 chords in every key

C7b9 C#7b9 D7b9 Eb7b9 E7b9 F7b9 F#7b9 G7b9 Ab7b9 A7b9 Bb7b9 B7b9