Badd9 Piano Chord
Badd9
B Add9
3rd
D#5th
F#9th
C#Root
BE
G
B
D
F
F
A
C
E
B
D#
F#
C#
The Notes in a B Add9 Chord
The 3rd
Finding D# from B step by step:
- Start on: B
- Step 1: move down to A#
- Step 2: move down to A
- Step 3: move down to G#
- Step 4: move down to G
- Step 5: move down to F#
- Step 6: move down to F
- Step 7: move down to E
- Step 8: Land on D#
3rd
D#Root
B1
2
3
4
5
6
7
- A# is a minor second below B.
- A is a major 2nd below B.
- G# is a minor third below B.
- G is a major third below B.
- F# is a fourth below B.
- F is a flat fifth below B.
- E is a fifth below B.
- D# is a sharp fifth (minor sixth) below B. The 3rd is down a sharp fifth (minor sixth)? Confusing, right? The note D# is down 8 half-steps from B, but up 4 half-steps from B:
3rd
D#Root
B1
2
3
The 5th
Finding F# from B step by step:
- Start on: B
- Step 1: move down to A#
- Step 2: move down to A
- Step 3: move down to G#
- Step 4: move down to G
- Step 5: Land on F#
5th
F#Root
B1
2
3
4
- A# is a minor second below B.
- A is a major 2nd below B.
- G# is a minor third below B.
- G is a major third below B.
- F# is a fourth below B. The 5th is down a fourth? Confusing, right? The note F# is down 5 half-steps from B, but up 7 half-steps from B:
5th
F#Root
B1
2
3
4
5
6
The 9th
Finding C# from B step by step:
- Start on: B
- Step 1: move up to C
- Step 2: Land on C#
9th
C#Root
B1
- C is a minor second above B.
- C# is a major 2nd above B.
The Root
Finding B from B step by step:
- Start on: B
- Step 1: move down to A#
- Step 2: move down to A
- Step 3: move down to G#
- Step 4: move down to G
- Step 5: move down to F#
- Step 6: move down to F
- Step 7: move down to E
- Step 8: move down to D#
- Step 9: move down to D
- Step 10: move down to C#
- Step 11: move down to C
- Step 12: Land on B
Root
BRoot
B1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
- A# is a minor second below B.
- A is a major 2nd below B.
- G# is a minor third below B.
- G is a major third below B.
- F# is a fourth below B.
- F is a flat fifth below B.
- E is a fifth below B.
- D# is a sharp fifth (minor sixth) below B.
- D is a major sixth below B.
- C# is a minor seventh below B.
- C is a major seventh below B.
- B is a octave below B. The root is down a octave? Confusing, right? The note B is down 12 half-steps from B, but up 0 half-steps from B: