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Ebmadd9 Guitar Chord

A minor chord with an added ninth but no seventh. An emotive, "cinematic" sound. Found in progressive rock, soundtracks and modern pop.

Guitar

Strings X–X–4–3–4–1

How to play the Ebmadd9 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Ebmadd9 chord

Other names: Eb minor added 9th

Music theory name: minor added ninth chord

Common name: Eb minor add9 chord

Notes and intervals in the Ebmadd9 chord

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

All variations

Open
X–X–4–3–4–1
Fret 3
X–6–4–3–6–X
Fret 4
X–6–4–X–6–6
Fret 11
X–X–13–11–11–13

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys