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Guitar chord · Dominant 9#5

Bb9#5 chord (Bb Dominant 9#5)

Dominant 9th with a raised 5th: an augmented dominant with the 9th on top, from the whole-tone scale.

Notes BbDF#AbC
Formula 1 3 ♯5 ♭7 9
Shapes 2 on this page

Bb9#5 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 5 6 5 7 x
5th String Root x 1 0 1 1 2

Interactive chord diagram

Bb9#5 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 Bb9#5

These scales start on Bb and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Bb9#5 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a Bb9#5 chord?
Bb9#5 is Bb, D, F#, Ab, C: the 1, 3, ♯5, ♭7, 9 of Bb.
How do you play Bb9#5 on guitar?
6th String Root: 6 5 6 5 7 x; 5th String Root: x 1 0 1 1 2 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Bb9#5?
Scales on Bb that contain every note of Bb9#5: Bb Whole Tone, Bb Mixolydian b6, Bb Leading Whole Tone, Bb Major Locrian, Bb Lydian Dominant b6.

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