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Ebm9 Guitar Chord

A sophisticated minor sound popular in neo-soul, jazz and lo-fi hip-hop. On guitar, the fifth is commonly omitted to make room for the ninth.

Guitar

Strings X–6–4–6–6–6

How to play the Ebm9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–6–4–6–6–6 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) Fret 6 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 6 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 6 · pinky
1st string (high E) Fret 6 · pinky

Other names for the Ebm9 chord

Other names: Eb minor 9th, Ebmin9, Eb-9

Music theory name: minor ninth chord

Common name: Eb minor ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the Ebm9 chord

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

All variations

Fret 4
X–6–4–6–6–6
Fret 7
X–X–8–10–7–9
Fret 9
X–9–11–10–11–11
Fret 11
11–13–11–11–11–13

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys