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Bbadd9 chord on guitar

Bbadd9 is a added ninth chord: shimmering and modern. It is built from Bb, D, F and C (formula 1 3 5 9). An add9 is a major chord with the ninth on top and no seventh, common in pop and worship music. The easiest way to play it in standard tuning is x10311.

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x 1 0 3 1 1
3
6 3 3 3 3 6
6××
x x 8 7 6 8
10×
x 13 10 10 11 10

Bbadd9 fingerings (low E to high E)

  1. Open position: x10311. Mute the low E string, let the D string ring open.
  2. Barre at fret 3: 633336. Barre fret 3 from the A to the B string.
  3. Fret 6: xx8768. Mute the low E and A strings.
  4. Barre at fret 10: x-13-10-10-11-10. Mute the low E string, barre fret 10 from the D to the high E string.

Questions

What notes are in the Bbadd9 chord?
Bbadd9 is made of Bb, D, F and C: the root, major 3rd, perfect 5th and major 2nd above Bb.
What is the easiest way to play Bbadd9?
Play x10311 (low E to high E): mute the low E string, let the D string ring open.

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