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Emadd9 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 0–7–5–0–7–0

How to play the Emadd9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 0–7–5–0–7–0 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 7 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 5 · index finger
3rd string (G) Play open
2nd string (B) Fret 7 · little finger
1st string (high E) Play open

Notation for Emadd9 chord

Other names: E minor added 9th

Music theory name: minor added ninth chord

Common name: E minor add9 chord

Intervals and tones in Emadd9 chord

Note Interval
E Root
G Minor 3rd
H Perfect 5th
F# Major 9th

All Variations

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

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Emadd9

Tu kytaru jsem koupil kvůli tobě
Václav Neckář
Dobré ráno, milá
David Stypka
Malá mořská víla
Aneta Langerová
All I Need
Air
Tichá voda
Tomáš Klus
These Days
Bon Jovi