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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) Do not play
5th string (A) Do not play
4th string (D) Fret 4 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · little finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Notation for Ebmadd9 chord

Other names: Eb minor added 9th

Music theory name: minor added ninth chord

Common name: Eb minor add9 chord

Intervals and tones in Ebmadd9 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
F# Minor 3rd
B 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