B m7b9 Chord on Mandola

How to play the B m7b9 chord on Mandola: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.

The B m7b9 chord is a m7b9 chord. It is built from the notes B, C, D, F#, A. This page shows how to play B m7b9 on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The shape nearest the nut leaves the C, D and A strings open and takes the rest at fret 4. B falls on the G string. It sounds from C3 up to A4.

Mandola is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.

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.