B m9 Chord on Bass VI

Play B m9 on Bass VI: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The B m9 chord is a minor extended chord that stacks higher tensions over a minor-seventh foundation. It is built from the notes B, C#, D, F#, A. This page shows how to play B m9 on Bass VI with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

There is no open-string version on Bass VI: the lowest shape barres fret 7 and covers 3 frets. B falls on the E string. It sounds from B1 up to C#4.

Bass VI is tuned E–A–D–G–B–E, with 15 frets to work with.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on B or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.