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E69 Piano Chord

A fresh, optimistic sound without a seventh. Popular in jazz, bossa nova and country. Often used as a final chord instead of a plain major or maj7.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Left hand E3 fingers 5
Right hand Ab4 · C#5 · F#5 fingers 1–3–5

How to play the E69 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play E3 with the left hand and Ab4, C#5 and F#5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5 on the left and 1–3–5 on the right (1 is the thumb). The perfect fifth B can usually be omitted from an extended chord, keeping the sound clear and the voicing manageable.

Notation for E69 chord

Other names: E 6/9, E sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: E 6/9 chord

Intervals and tones in E69 chord

Note Interval
E Root
Ab Major 3rd
H Perfect 5th
C# Major 6th
F# Major 9th

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Songs using E69

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