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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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 6 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 7 · little finger
2nd string (B) Fret 6 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for Ebmmaj9 chord

Other names: Eb minor major 9th

Music theory name: minor major ninth chord

Common name: Eb minor major ninth chord

Intervals and tones in Ebmmaj9 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
F# Minor 3rd
B 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