B 9 Chord on Taro-Patch Ukulele

How to play the B 9 chord on Taro-Patch Ukulele: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.

B 9 chord diagram, starting at fret 3. Strings low to high: G 4th fret, C 3rd fret, E 5th fret, A 4th fret.

The B 9 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes B, C#, D#, F#, A. This page shows how to play B 9 on Taro-Patch Ukulele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The lowest shape sits at fret 3 and spans 3 frets, with no open strings in it. B falls on the G string. It sounds from D#4 up to C#5.

Taro-Patch Ukulele 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.