B Dominant Thirteen Sharp Ninth (B13(#9)) chords on guitar

Welcome to our comprehensive tutorial on the B 13(#9) chord. This chord belongs to the Dominant Chords family and is composed of the following notes: B, D#, F#, A, C##, E, and G#. The intervals that build this chord are 1, 3, 5, b7, #9, 11, and 13. These intervals are also known as the Root, Major Third, Perfect Fifth, Minor Seventh, Augmented Ninth, Perfect Eleventh, and Major Thirteenth respectively.

This chord is a bit more complex than the chords typically encountered by beginners, making it a perfect topic for our intermediate guitar chord tutorial. It's rich and full sound makes it a popular choice in jazz and blues music, often used in jazz chord progressions.

Understanding the fretboard intervals is crucial to mastering the B 13(#9) chord. You can learn more about these intervals in our fretboard intervals tutorial. Once you understand these intervals, you'll be able to build the B 13(#9) chord by stacking them on top of each other, as explained in our guitar music theory tutorial.

Finally, to help you visualize this chord on the fretboard, we'll provide chord diagrams and fretboard patterns showing the tones composing the chord. If you're unsure about how to read these diagrams or denote the chords depending on the intervals, check out our guitar chords notation tutorial.

So, grab your guitar and get ready to dive into the world of the B 13(#9) chord!