How to Play Badd9 on Piano

The B Add 9 chord sounds bright and open. It stacks 4 notes: B – D# – F# – C#.

A plain major triad with a ninth added and no seventh. The gap where the seventh would be is what keeps it sounding clear rather than jazzy.

Notes in Badd9

NoteIntervalFinger
BB4Root1
D#D#5Major 3rd2
F#F#5Perfect 5th3
C#C#6Major 9th5

How to Play

Right Hand

Place your thumb (finger 1) on B. Use finger 2 on D#, finger 3 on F#, and finger 5 on C#.

Where it sits

3 notes of this chord (D#, F#, C#) are on black keys, so play it a little further back on the keys than an all-white shape.

Press all 4 keys at the same time. Keep your wrist relaxed and your fingers curved. The blue dots on the piano below show exactly which keys to press — they turn green when you play the right note.

Other Add 9 Chords

Cadd9
C – E – G – D
Dbadd9
Db – F – Ab – Eb
Dadd9
D – F# – A – E
Ebadd9
Eb – G – Bb – F
Eadd9
E – G# – B – F#
Fadd9
F – A – C – G
F#add9
F# – A# – C# – G#
Gadd9
G – B – D – A
Abadd9
Ab – C – Eb – Bb
Aadd9
A – C# – E – B
Bbadd9
Bb – D – F – C

Other B Chords

B6
B – D# – F# – G#
B7
B – D# – F# – A
B9
B – D# – F# – A – C#
B
B – D# – F#
Bm
B – D – F#
Bmaj7
B – D# – F# – A#
Bm7
B – D – F# – A
Bdim
B – D – F
Baug
B – D# – F##
Bsus2
B – C# – F#
Bsus4
B – E – F#
Bdim7
B – D – F – Ab
Bm6
B – D – F# – G#