Badd9 Guitar Chords Explained | B Major Ninth Added

This chord is composed of the Root, Major Third, Perfect Fifth, and Major Ninth

This chord is also spelled in the following ways:

B Major Ninth Added
B Maj9
B Maj Add 9
Badd9

The Badd9 chord is composed of the notes B, D#, F#, and C#

Notes of the B add9 chord:

BD#F#C#

Chord structure of the Major Ninth Added chord:

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How To Play The Badd9 chord on guitar

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Use Fretboard Maps To Build Chords Along All The Fretboard

Create your B add9 chord shapes

You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below. Some shapes will sound good, some less, let your ears decide!

These maps show you the tones in a chord all along the fretboard. They are incredibly helpful because allow you to:

Create new voicings on the fly, across all the neck
Improvise targeting the right notes
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Notes of the B add9 chord:

Chord structure of the Major Ninth Added chord:

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