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Ebmmaj9 Guitar Chord

A rare, complex chord combining a minor mood with a bright major seventh and ninth. Found in jazz ballads. On guitar, the fifth is omitted.

Guitar

Strings X–6–4–7–6–X

How to play the Ebmmaj9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–6–4–7–6–X 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 7 · pinky
2nd string (B) Fret 6 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Muted

Other names for the Ebmmaj9 chord

Other names: Eb minor major 9th

Music theory name: minor major ninth chord

Common name: Eb minor major ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the Ebmmaj9 chord

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

All variations

Fret 4
X–6–4–7–6–X
Fret 6
6–9–8–7–6–6
Fret 9
11–9–12–10–X–X
Fret 11
11–13–12–11–11–13