B m9 Chord on Mandola
How to play the B m9 chord on Mandola: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
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 Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The D and A strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 4-fret stretch. B falls on the G string. It sounds from C#3 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.