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Eb7#9 Guitar Chord

A raw, urgent sound containing both a major third and a minor third (augmented ninth = minor third). Made famous by Jimi Hendrix in "Purple Haze". A staple of blues-rock and funk.

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–0–2–2

How to play the Eb7#9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–1–0–2–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Muted
4th string (D) Fret 1 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Open
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · pinky

Other names for the Eb7#9 chord

Other names: Eb 7th sharp 9, Eb Hendrix chord

Music theory name: seventh sharp nine chord

Common name: Eb Hendrix chord

Notes and intervals in the Eb7#9 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
Bb Perfect 5th
Db Minor 7th
F# Augmented 9th

All variations

Open
X–X–1–0–2–2
Fret 5
X–6–5–6–7–X
Fret 8
X–9–8–8–8–9
Fret 10
11–10–11–11–X–X

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Eb7#9

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Dominika Mirgová