Bb6/9 Guitar Chord

How to play Bb6/9: a 6/9 built on Bb, with 1 voicing, the notes, and the intervals.

Chord Diagram

3X
A common voicing

The first diagram is a common voicing: played at the 3rd fret. An X above a string means don't play it; an O means play it open.

Bb6/9 and A#6/9 are the same pitches spelled two ways, so the fingerings are identical. See A#6/9 for the other spelling.

More Voicings of Bb6/9

The same chord in other positions on the neck: movable shapes transposed to Bb. Open any of them in the Diagram Maker below to adjust the fingering.

XX
Open position
5XX
Fret 5
7XX
Fret 7
10X
Fret 10

Notes & Intervals in Bb6/9

NoteBbDGC
IntervalR369

Bb6/9 is a 6/9 with Bb as its root. The full theoretical spelling is Bb, D, F, G, C. This voicing omits the 5th, the tone guitarists drop first when fitting a chord onto six strings.

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