Badd9 chord on piano
B added 9th: B · D♯ · F♯ · C♯. It sounds shimmer on top of a plain major: the film-score and ballad favourite.
NotesB D♯ F♯ C♯
Built fromroot + major 3rd + perfect 5th + major 9th
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On the keyboard
Fingering
Right hand, root position: B — finger 1 · D♯ — finger 2 · F♯ — finger 3 · C♯ — finger 5. (1 = thumb, 5 = little finger.)
Inversions
The same notes in a different order. Inversions are how players move between chords without jumping:
- RootB – D♯ – F♯ – C♯
- 1stD♯ – F♯ – C♯ – B
- 2ndF♯ – C♯ – B – D♯
- 3rdC♯ – B – D♯ – F♯