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E7#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 0–2–0–1–0–3

How to play the E7#9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 0–2–0–1–0–3 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) Play open
5th string (A) Fret 2 · middle finger
4th string (D) Play open
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Play open
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · little finger

Notation for E7#9 chord

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

Music theory name: seventh sharp nine chord

Common name: E Hendrix chord

Intervals and tones in E7#9 chord

Note Interval
E Root
Ab Major 3rd
H Perfect 5th
D Minor 7th
G Augmented 9th

All Variations

Open
0–2–0–1–0–3
Fret 3
0–5–0–0–3–4
Fret 6
X–7–6–7–8–X
Fret 9
0–10–9–9–9–10

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using E7#9

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Karel Gott